Effect of CYP2C9, PTGS-1 and PTGS-2 gene polymorphisms on the efficiency and safety of postoperative analgesia with ketoprofen.

OBJECTIVES: Patients undergoing cardiac surgery develop post-sternotomy pain syndrome. The aim of this study was evaluation of the influence of CYP2C9, PTGS-1 and PTGS-2 genes polymorphisms on the efficacy and safety of postoperative analgesia with ketoprofen in patients with coronary artery disease after cardiac surgery. METHODS: The study included 90 patients undergoing cardiac surgery. A real-time polymerase chain reaction was used for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). Pain intensity was measured by the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Dyspeptic symptoms were evaluated using the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS). Acute kidney injury (AKI) was determined by Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria. RESULTS: Pain intensity by the NRS score was significantly higher in patients with CYP2C9*3 АA genotype compared to АC genotype: 7 [1,10] and 6 [2,7] (p=0.003); 7 [1,10] and 6 [2,7] (p=0.04); 6 [0; 10] and 5 [2,6] (p=0.04); 5 [0; 8] and 3 [0; 8] (p=0.02), on days 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the postoperative period, respectively. GSRS score was higher in patients with CYP2C9*2 CT genotype compared to CС genotype: 19 [15; 42] and 18 [15,36] (p=0.04), respectively. There were no significant differences in the pain intensity, dyspepsia severity and AKI frequency in patients with homozygous and heterozygous genotypes for PTGS-1 rs10306135, PTGS-1 rs12353214, PTGS-2 rs20417. CONCLUSIONS: CYP2C9*3 and CYP2C9*2 gene polymorphisms may affect efficacy and safety of postoperative analgesia with ketoprofen in patients with coronary artery disease after cardiac surgery.

Cardiac tumours - a brief review.

This short review of cardiac tumours presents a case that clearly demonstrates the manifestation of embolic and cardiac symptoms of an intracardiac mass. Acute onset and rapid progression of a neoplastic process in the heart leading to arrhythmia, cardiac conduction disorders and heart failure combined with highly mobile fragments of tumour, which can cause emboli in cerebral vessels, are characteristic signs of an intracardiac mass. Early diagnosis and immediate treatment may improve the long-term prognosis, but overall the prognosis is poor. Cardiac tumours present to the cardiologist when the patient presents with cardiac symptoms, and the neurologist when there are cerebral symptoms. Most cardiac masses are not amenable to percutaneous biopsy; therefore, definitive diagnosis often awaits surgical excision.