Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C Correlate with Cardiac Troponin I During an Exercise Training Program in Patients with HFrEF

ESC Heart FailPublished post hoc analysis of the multicentre randomized SMARTEX trial

Authors' conclusion

Changes in levels of the novel biomarker cMyC were significantly associated with hs-cTnI serum levels in patients with symptomatic chronic HFrEF during a structured 12-week exercise training programme. This may indicate that cMyC has a role as a future marker of subclinical myocardial damage.

Study context

Population
Symptomatic heart failure patients (chronic HFrEF) undergoing a 12-week exercise training programmeserum available for cMyC testing, 196 for hs-cTni testing · cMyC testing 205 · hs-cTni testing 196
Participants
205 patients
Comparison
Agreement and correlation of change in cMyC with change in hs-cTnI; change in cMyC in intervention group (IG) vs control group (CG)

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Change in cMyC levels · 12 weeks

IG

−0.5

∆ cMyC · IQR −3.4–2.1

CG

−0.7

∆ cMyC · IQR −2.7–2.6

Further findings

Correlation of change in log hs-cTnI with change in log cMyC · 12-week intervention period

Pearson correlation coefficient R
0.52 (95% CI 0.37-0.66, P < 0.001)
For every 10% increase in cMyC levels, hs-cTnI levels rose by approximately
5%

Original publication

Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C Correlate with Cardiac Troponin I During an Exercise Training Program in Patients with HFrEF. ESC Heart Fail. Published 23 January 2025. doi:10.1002/ehf2.15222

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