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Justification for the Use of CA 125 Levels After Cardiac Surgery

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dc.creator PEKER, Tuelay T.
dc.creator ERDOĞAN, Dogan
dc.creator Ozaydin, Mehmet
dc.creator SUTCU, Recep
dc.creator Kaya, Savas
dc.creator KAPAN, Sahin
dc.creator PEKER, R. Oktay
dc.creator GÜLMEN, Şenol
dc.creator VAROL, Ercan
dc.creator Gokalp, Osman
dc.creator OCAL, Ahmet
dc.date 2009-05-31T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T12:02:47Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T12:02:47Z
dc.identifier f7c17d60-25e7-4c88-86e8-88254da79730
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/f7c17d60-25e7-4c88-86e8-88254da79730/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/76532
dc.description CA 125, a tumor marker has been found to be elevated in malign conditions as well as in some benign conditions like heart failure. Cardiac surgery has been shown to cause a systemic inflammatory response. In this study, we investigated alterations in serum levels of CA 125 during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary by-pass. Thirty nine patients with a mean age of 54.7 years who underwent either coronary bypass surgery or valvular heart surgery were prospectively recruited to the study. We measured plasma levels of CA 125 preoperatively and on postoperative days I and 7. Comparing with preoperative values, CA 125 levels were similar on postoperative day 1(5.26 [6.89] U/ml vs 5.74 [4.54] U/ml) but elevated significantly on postoperative day 7 (42.1 [34] U/ml, p< 0.0001) (data in median interquantile range). CA 125 levels were found to be elevated after cardiac surgery. The elevations are more in patients undergoing valvular heart surgery than coronary bypass graft surgery. Although CA 125 can be considered a reliable tumor marker in the diagnosis and follow up of patients with malignant diseases, the presence of a recent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass must be taken into account when asking for the cause of elevated CA 125 plasma level.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Justification for the Use of CA 125 Levels After Cardiac Surgery
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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