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Troponina cTnT-hs: una questione di genere e di età? Valutazione di limiti decisionali differenziati per genere ed età in una popolazione afferente al Dipartimento di Emergenza

Troponin cTnT-hs: a matter of gender and age? Evaluation of differentiated cut-offs by gender and age in an Emergency Department population

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Premesse.

La determinazione della troponina ad alta sensibilità (cTnI-hs e cTnT-hs) rappresenta ormai un elemento essenziale nella pratica clinica della sindrome coronarica acuta (SCA), per la diagnosi, l’early rule-out, la stratificazione del rischio, la valutazione degli outcomes e anche nei pazienti con danni cardiaci non-SCA. Una letteratura sempre crescente, soprattutto con il grande studio multicentrico relativo alla cTnT-hs (TRAPID), suggerisce l’uso di limiti decisionali differenziati per genere e/o età per diagnosi più precise.

Metodi.

Nell’Unità Operativa di Patologia Clinica dell’ospedale “Barone Lombardo” di Canicattì abbiamo applicato cut-off differenziati per genere ed età, separatamente e in combinazione, alla popolazione afferente al Pronto Soccorso con possibile diagnosi di SCA nell’arco del 2016, utilizzando troponina ad alta sensibilità cTnT-hs Roche Elecsys®, determinata su Cobas 6000 Roche (ECLIA), proposta con unico cut-off pari a 14 pg/ml.

Risultati.

Sono stati studiati 3970 pazienti: 2111 maschi (M) e 1859 femmine (F) identificati con l’unico cut-off di 14 pg/ml; 105 casi di infarto miocardico acuto (IMA). Inserendo cut-off differenziati per genere (15,5 pg/ml per M, 9 pg/ml per F) si assiste a un miglioramento del rule-in e del rule-out (+4,2% rule-in per F; +4,5% rule-out per M). Tuttavia, la popolazione è meglio stratificata con un cut-off differenziato per età (9,12 pg/ml <65 anni; 24,47 pg/ml ≥65 anni): il rule-in nei pazienti sopra 65 anni diminuisce da 42% a 22%. La combinazione di cut-off differenziati per genere ed età (<65 anni due differenti cut-off per M e F; un solo cut-off a 28 pg/mL ≥65 anni) mostra la migliore performance nel rule-in/rule-out dei pazienti con SCA.

Conclusioni.

Dal lavoro svolto sulla popolazione in esame e con il metodo analitico in uso, si rileva che sarebbe auspicabile, per referti quanto più appropriati e personalizzati e per una migliore sorveglianza della malattia cardiaca ischemica nel genere femminile, inserire cut-off differenziati per genere e per età. Tuttavia, i migliori risultati si ottengono con l’utilizzo simultaneo di entrambi i criteri.

Summary

Background.

The determination of high sensitivity Troponin (cTnI-hs and cTnT-hs) now represents the essential step in the clinical practice of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), for diagnosis, early rule-out, risk stratification, and evaluation of outcomes. It is used also in patients without ACS cardiac damage. Taking into consideration the stratification of the populations, differentiated cut-offs according to gender and age are recently proposed for a more precise diagnosis and supported by a growing literature and above all by the large multicenter study related to Troponin T (the TRAPID Study).

Methods.

In the Clinical Pathology of the Hospital “Barone Lombardo” in Canicattì, we implemented differentiated cut-offs by gender and age in the Emergency Department (ED) population of the year 2016 with a history suggestive of ACS, by analyzing the two age and sex variables both individually and simultaneously. The Troponin measured was high sensitivity troponin T (cTnT-hs Roche Elecsys®) on Cobas 6000 Roche (ECLIA) with a suggested cut-off of 14 pg/ml.

Results.

3970 patients were analyzed: 2111 males (M) and 1859 females (F); 105 cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were identified with the single cut-off of 14 pg/ml. By inserting differentiated cut-offs (15.5 pg/ml for M; 9 pg/ml for F) we obtained an improvement in the rule-in and rule-out (+4.2% rule-in for F; +4.5% rule-out for M). Moreover, the population was better stratified using cut-offs by age (9.12 pg/ml for <65 years; 24.47 pg/ml >65 years): the rule-in population over 65 years decreased from 42% to 22%. Combined gender and age differentiated cut-offs (<65 years the 2 different cut-offs for M and F and a single cut-off of 28 pg/ml ≥65 years) showed the best performance for the in rule-in/rule-out.

Conclusions.

For appropriate and personalized reports, in our population under examination and with the analytical method in use, differentiated cut-offs for age and for gender have positive effect on the rule-in/rule-out process in the ACS population. Gender-specific analysis, which often stresses the underestimation of AMI in women, demonstrates that a preventive and training approach towards cardiovascular risk prevention, especially for young women, is necessary in the general population. Nevertheless, the simultaneous use of both criteria shows the best performance.

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Burgio, M.A., Marino, G. & Di Maria, D. Troponina cTnT-hs: una questione di genere e di età? Valutazione di limiti decisionali differenziati per genere ed età in una popolazione afferente al Dipartimento di Emergenza. Riv Ital Med Lab 14, 41–49 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13631-018-0184-z

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