Stefano Fumagalli , Giulia Ricciardi , Claudia Di Serio , Elisa Berni , Giancarlo La Marca , Giuseppe Pieraccini , Riccardo Romoli , Emanuele Santamaria , Giulia Spanalatte , Camilla Cagnoni , Arianna Tariello , Giada Alla Viligiardi , Agostino Virdis , Igor Diemberger , Andrea Ungar , Niccolò Marchionni
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From geriatric assessment to inflammation. A pilot, observational, study about frailty components in older patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia diagnosed at an older age. AF is associated with frailty, a condition possibly justifying the higher rate of complications and mortality in aged individuals. This study was aimed at describing the characteristics correlated to frailty in older AF subjects.
Methods
After having excluded a < 3 months major surgery procedure, cancer or other conditions associated with activation of inflammation, and a life expectancy < 12 months, we consecutively enrolled patients ≥ 65 years with persistent AF. They underwent a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment evaluation. In particular, Mini-Mental State Examination, 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale and Short-Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) described, respectively, cognitive profile, depressive symptoms and physical performance. A venous blood sample was collected to measure interleukin-6 (IL-6; marker of low-grade inflammation) and acylcarnitines, expression of mitochondrial dysfunction and abnormal energy production.
Results
Overall, 49 patients (mean age: 76 ± 6 years; women 30.6 %) were studied. Cluster analysis described two different patterns; the second (N = 18, 36.7 %), when compared to the first one (N = 31, 63.3 %), was characterized by a worse phenotype, identified by the simultaneous presence of lower body mass index, higher CHA2DS2-VASc score (index of clinical complexity), worse SPPB functional performance, and high IL-6 levels. Second cluster patients had a higher concentration of 13 of the 35 acylcarnitines evaluated and increased 5-year mortality. All these features can outline a frail condition.
Conclusions
Body size, clinical complexity, physical performance and low-grade inflammation seem to rapidly and adequately describe frailty.
期刊介绍:
IJC Heart & Vasculature is an online-only, open-access journal dedicated to publishing original articles and reviews (also Editorials and Letters to the Editor) which report on structural and functional cardiovascular pathology, with an emphasis on imaging and disease pathophysiology. Articles must be authentic, educational, clinically relevant, and original in their content and scientific approach. IJC Heart & Vasculature requires the highest standards of scientific integrity in order to promote reliable, reproducible and verifiable research findings. All authors are advised to consult the Principles of Ethical Publishing in the International Journal of Cardiology before submitting a manuscript. Submission of a manuscript to this journal gives the publisher the right to publish that paper if it is accepted. Manuscripts may be edited to improve clarity and expression.