PMID- 34727537 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220310 LR - 20220311 IS - 1752-7163 (Electronic) IS - 1752-7155 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Nov 16 TI - Breath acetone concentration: too heterogeneous to constitute a diagnosis or prognosis biomarker in heart failure? A systematic review and meta-analysis. LID - 10.1088/1752-7163/ac356d [doi] AB - Introduction. Exhaled breath acetone (ExA) has been investigated as a biomarker for heart failure (HF). Yet, barriers to its use in the clinical field have not been identified. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the ExA heterogeneity and factors of variability in healthy controls (HC), to identify its relations with HF diagnosis and prognostic factors and to assess its diagnosis and prognosis accuracy in HF patients.Methods. A systematic search was conducted in PUBMED and Web of Science database. All studies with HC and HF patients with a measured ExA were included and studies providing ExA's diagnosis and prognosis accuracy were identified.Results. Out of 971 identified studies, 18 studies involving 833 HC and 1009 HF patients were included in the meta-analysis. In HC, ExA showed an important heterogeneity (I(2)= 99%). Variability factors were fasting state, sampling type and analytical method. The mean ExA was 1.89 times higher in HF patients vs. HC (782 [531-1032] vs. 413 [347-478] ppbv;p< 0.001). One study showed excellent diagnosis accuracy, and one showed a good prognosis value. ExA correlated with New York Heart Association (NYHA) dyspnea (p< 0.001) and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (p< 0.001). Studies showed a poor definition and reporting of included subjects.Discussion. Despite the between-study heterogeneity in HC, the evidence of an excellent diagnosis and prognosis value of ExA in HF from single studies can be extended to clinical populations worldwide. Factors of variability (ExA procedure and breath sampling) could further improve the diagnosis and prognosis values of this biomarker in HF patients. CI - (c) 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd. FAU - Gouzi, Fares AU - Gouzi F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-866X AD - PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, CHRU, Montpellier, France. FAU - Ayache, Diba AU - Ayache D AD - IES, Montpellier University, CNRS, F-34000 Montpellier, France. FAU - Hedon, Christophe AU - Hedon C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9505-2097 AD - PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, CHRU, Montpellier, France. FAU - Molinari, Nicolas AU - Molinari N AD - IDESP, INSERM, Montpellier University, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France. FAU - Vicet, Aurore AU - Vicet A AD - IES, Montpellier University, CNRS, F-34000 Montpellier, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20211116 PL - England TA - J Breath Res JT - Journal of breath research JID - 101463871 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 1364PS73AF (Acetone) SB - IM MH - *Acetone MH - Biomarkers MH - Breath Tests/methods MH - *Heart Failure/diagnosis MH - Humans MH - Prognosis OTO - NOTNLM OT - acetone OT - biomarker OT - exhaled breath OT - heart failure OT - pulmonary function test EDAT- 2021/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/11 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/02 20:04 PHST- 2021/03/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/02 20:04 [entrez] AID - 10.1088/1752-7163/ac356d [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Breath Res. 2021 Nov 16;16(1). doi: 10.1088/1752-7163/ac356d.