Introduction: Repetitive dialysis-induced cardiac injury is associated with elevated troponin levels, inflammation, and longitudinal reduction in cardiac function. Pathogenic autoantibodies to cardiac troponins (cTnAAb) produce inflammatory cardiomyopathy in murine models. This study aimed to explore the possibility that analogous autoimmune processes might occur in hemodialysis (HD) patients, by initially investigating cTnAAb prevalence, and exploring potential links with HD-induced myocardial stunning.
Methods: In 130 prevalent HD patients from two centers (Derby, UK; Turku, Finland), cTnAAb (immunoassay) and cardiac troponins were quantified. Sixty-four patients underwent serial echocardiography to assess myocardial stunning.
Findings: cTnAAb were present in 7% of patients. Dual positivity to cTnAAb and elevated cTn occurred in 3% and 6% for cTnI and cTnT, respectively. Patients with cTnAAb had significantly longer dialysis vintage (82 vs. 30 months, P = 0.024), higher cTnT (0.1 vs. 0.05 pg/mL, P = 0.04), cTnI (0.02 vs. 0.01 pg/mL, P = 0.029), and free PAPP-A (6.4 vs. 3.3 mIU/L, P = 0.038).
Discussion: This is the first description of cTnAAb in HD patients, which raises the possibility that longitudinal exposure to repetitive HD-induced cardiac injury may lead to further autoimmune-based myocardial insult.
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