Relationship between silent cerebral infarcts and quality of anticoagulation in patients with prosthetic mitral valves

ÖZYÜNCÜ N., Gulec S., Goksuluk H., ESENBOĞA K., Tutar E.

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.25, sa.3, ss.191-195, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2020.57513
  • Dergi Adı: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.191-195
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: neuron-specific enolase, prosthetic heart valve, silent cerebral infarct, NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE, PREVALENCE, STROKE, SIGNALS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Although patients with prosthetic heart valves have an increased risk of clinically overt cerebrovascular events, evidence for the risk of silent cerebral infarction (SCI) is scarce. Serum neuron-specific enolase (NSF) is suggested to be a valid biomarker that allows for the quantification of the degree of neuronal injury. We aimed to assess whether NSE is elevated as a marker of recent SCI in patients with a prosthetic mitral valve.