title: Serum heart-type fatty acid binding protein levels in acromegaly patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is a major cytoplasmic low molecular weight protein and released into the circulation when the myocardium is injured. Previous studies have demonstrated that H-FABP is closely associated with acute coronary syndrome, hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure, stroke, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and pulmonary embolism. The aim of this study was to investigate serum H-FABP value in patients with acromegaly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We measured serum H-FABP levels in 30 consecutive patients with acromegaly, and 55 age-matched control subjects by using a sandwich enzymelinked immunosorbent assay. Serum H-FABP levels were significantly higher in patients with acromegaly than in control subjects (17.40 ± 10.70, and 8.30 ± 7.20, respectively) (p<0.001). A significant positive correlation was found by Spearman's correlation test between serum H-FABP levels and left ventricular end-systolic diameter (r=0.483, p=0.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with acromegaly have increased levels of H-FABP. Serum H-FABP levels might be a marker of myocardial performance in patients with acromegaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dıskapı Y.B. Education and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozbek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akbal
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ureten
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004452:Echocardiography; D000074026:Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C493408:FABP3 protein, human; D000074026:Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins