Abstract Objective To study the changes and significance of plasma cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) complicated by myocardial ischemic injury. Methods Forty-five neonates with HIE (15 mild cases, 24 moderate cases and 6 severe cases) were enrolled and divided into two subgroups based on the presence of myocardial injury (n=19) and not (n=26). Twenty healthy neonates were used as the control group. Plasma CT-1 levels were measured using double-antibody sandwich enzyme immunoassay method. Serum creatinine kinase MB (CK-MB) and cardiac troponin I (CTnI ) levels were also measured. Results Plasma CT-1 levels in the mild HIE (169±20 pg/mL) and moderate/severe HIE subgroups (287±44 pg/mL) were significantly higher than those in the control group (30±8 pg/mL), and plasma CT-1 levels were associated with the severity of HIE (P<0.01). Plasma CT-1 levels were positively correlated with serum CK-MB and CTnI levels in neonates with HIE in the acute phase (r=0.565 and 0.621 respectively; P<0.01). Plasma CT-1 levels in neonates with myocardial injury were significantly higher than those without myocardial injury (249 ±35 pg/mL vs 177±26 pg/mL; P<0.01). Plasma CT-1 levels were significantly reduced in neonates with myocardial injury in the convalescent phase (157±19 pg/mL) compared with those in the acute phase (249±35 pg/mL; P<0.01). Conclusions Detection of plasma CT-1 levels may be useful in the diagnosis of myocardial ischemic injury and the severity evaluation of HIE.
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