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[Cystatin C and cardiovascular risk].

Abstract
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardiovascular events. Cystatin C, a protease inhibitor synthesized in all nucleated cells, has been proposed as a replacement for serum creatinine for the assessment of renal function, particularly to detect small reductions in glomerular filtration rate. This report presents a review of the role of cystatin C as a predictor of cardiovascularis. Patients with higher circulating cystatin C concentrations appear to have an increased cardiovascular risk profile, i.e., they are older and have a higher prevalence of systemic hypertension, dyslipidemia, documented CVD, increased body mass index, and increased concentrations of C-reactive protein. Prospective studies have shown, in various clinical scenarios, that patients with increased cystatin C are at a higher risk of developing both CVD and CKD. Importantly, cystatin C appears to be a useful marker or identifying individuals at a higher risk of cardiovascular events among patients belonging ot a relatively lox-risk category as assessed by both creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate values. Of interest, elastolytic proteases and their inhibitors, in particular cystatin C, have been shown to be directly involved in the atherosclerotic process. Increases concentrations of cystatin C appear to be indicative of preclinical kidney disease associated with adverse outcomes. Clinical studies involving direct glomerular filtration rate measurements are required to ascertain both the true role of this promising marker in renal disease and whether atherogenic factors like inflammation can account for increases in cystatin C concentrations, thus explaining its predictive value in CVD.
AuthorsNevio Taglieri, Wolfgang Koenig, Juan Carlos Kaski
JournalAnnales de biologie clinique (Ann Biol Clin (Paris)) 2010 Sep-Oct Vol. 68 Issue 5 Pg. 517-29 ISSN: 0003-3898 [Print] France
Vernacular TitleCystatine C et risque cardiovasculaire.
PMID20870574 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Cystatin C
  • Creatinine
Topics
  • Cardiovascular Diseases (blood, epidemiology)
  • Creatinine (blood)
  • Cystatin C (blood)
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases (complications, physiopathology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic (blood, epidemiology)
  • Risk Factors

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