title: Amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen is associated with restrictive mitral filling pattern in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: a possible link between diastolic dysfunction and prognosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the relation between restrictive mitral pattern, amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (PIIINP), and prognosis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective cohort study of 106 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary care centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  PIIINP concentration, echocardiographic variables, oxygen consumption, hospitalisation for heart failure, and cardiac mortality were evaluated in patients grouped by the presence of non-restrictive (group 1), reversible (group 2), and irreversible restrictive mitral pattern (group 3).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Groups differed regarding left ventricular ejection fraction (group 1, mean (SD) 36 (6)%, group 2, 29 (8)%, group 3, 25 (6)%; p = 0.0001), left atrial ejection fraction (group 1, 0.47 (0.1)%, group 2, 0.43 (0.2)%, group 3, 0.26 (0.1)%; p < 0.0001), and PIIINP (p = 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that PIIINP was related to mitral pattern (odds ratio 0.8, 95% confidence interval 0.23 to 1.4, p = 0.006) independently of left atrial and ventricular ejection fractions. After 21 months, survival was 88% and 34% (p = 0.0001) in patients with non-restrictive and irreversible restrictive mitral patterns, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive mitral pattern is associated with higher PIIINP and worse prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Chirurgiche, Sezione di Cardiologia, Universita' degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy. andrea.rossi@univr.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cicoira
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Golia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zanolla
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Franceschini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Graziani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zardini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003094:Collagen; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011347:Procollagen / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011347:Procollagen; D011498:Protein Precursors; C032431:preprocollagen; D003094:Collagen