Süleymanoğlu Muhammed, Rencüzoğulları İbrahim, Karabağ Yavuz, Çağdaş Metin, Yesin Mahmut, Gümüşdağ Ayça, Çap Murat, Gök Murat, Yıldız İbrahim
Department of Cardiology, Kafkas University Medical Faculty, Kars, Turkey.
Department of Cardiology, Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jan;37(1):1-2. doi: 10.1007/s10554-020-01905-6. Epub 2020 Oct 24.
We have read with a great pleasure the letter of Dr. Cure et al. to the editor about our recent study which showed an association between atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and no-reflow in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Dr Cure raises concerns about the miscalculation of AIP value that suggested choosing 'mmol/l' in equation instead of 'mg/dl'. As the AIP is the logarithmic transformation of triglyceride/high density lipoprotein; 'mmol/l' and an alternatively 'mg/dl' units can be used in the equation to calculate AIP values. Cure et al. also argue that our patients' lipoprotein levels were lower than expected. However, in a population based study and in several studies which were held in Turkey, the mean values of lipoprotein levels in Turkish population were nearly similar with our study population findings. We thank the authors' letter for pointing out these issues which we hope to have addressed.
我们怀着极大的愉悦阅读了Cure博士等人给编辑的信，信中提到了我们最近的一项研究，该研究显示，在接受直接经皮冠状动脉介入治疗的ST段抬高型心肌梗死患者中，血浆致动脉粥样硬化指数（AIP）与无复流现象之间存在关联。Cure博士对AIP值的计算错误表示担忧，建议在公式中选择“mmol/l”而非“mg/dl”。由于AIP是甘油三酯/高密度脂蛋白的对数转换值，因此在计算AIP值的公式中可以使用“mmol/l”或“mg/dl”单位。Cure等人还认为，我们研究中患者的脂蛋白水平低于预期。然而，在一项基于人群的研究以及在土耳其进行的多项研究中，土耳其人群脂蛋白水平的平均值与我们研究人群的结果几乎相似。我们感谢作者的来信指出这些问题，我们希望已经对这些问题进行了说明。
