Abstract：Objective To study the change and significance of serum pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) and syndecan-4 in children with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods A total of 40 children with CHF who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were enrolled as the heart failure group, and 30 children who underwent physical examination in the outpatient service during the same period of time were enrolled as the control group. The serum levels of PTX-3, syndecan-4, and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) were compared between the two groups. Results The children with CHF had significant reductions in the serum levels of PTX-3, syndecan-4, and NT-proBNP after treatment. The levels of these markers in children with CHF were significantly higher than the control group before and after treatment (P < 0.05). The CHF children with grade II/III/IV cardiac function had significantly higher serum levels of PTX-3 and syndecan-4 than the control group (P < 0.05). The levels of PTX-3 and syndecan-4 were related to the severity of cardiac function. Compared with the grade II cardiac function group, the grade IV cardiac function group had significant increases in the serum levels of PTX-3 and syndecan-4 (P < 0.05). The serum level of PTX-3 was positively correlated with that of syndecan-4 in children with CHF (rs=0.999, P < 0.05); the serum level of PTX-3 was positively correlated with NT-proBNP, left ventricular mass index (LVMI), and cardiac function grade (rs=0.726, 0.736, and 0.934 respectively, P < 0.05) and was negatively correlated with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) (rs=-0.852 and -0.767 respectively, P < 0.05); the serum level of syndecan-4 was positively correlated with NT-proBNP, LVMI, and cardiac function grade (rs=0.733, 0.743, and 0.934 respectively, P < 0.05) and was negatively correlated with LVEF and LVFS (rs=-0.856 and -0.771 respectively, P < 0.05). Conclusions Serum PTX-3 and syndecan-4 may be involved in the development and progression of ventricular remodeling in children with CHF and may be used as markers for the diagnosis, cardiac function grading, and treatment outcome evaluation of children with heart failure.
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