Table 1.
Trend of body temperature, various inflammatory, and cardiac biomarkers over the course of hospital stay and their relation to ventricular premature contraction burden
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature (°F) | 97.5 | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.9 | 98.5 | 98.1 | 98.2 | 97.9 |
| ESR (mm/h) | 50 | 52 | 100 | 80 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 21 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 45 | 136 | 37 | 8.25 | 4.3 | 0.52 | 107.18 | 4.45 |
| D-dimer (μg/mL) | 2.93 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.55 | 2.93 | 0.27 | 1.6 | 0.23 |
| NLR | 5.2 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.55 | 3 | 2.38 | 2.75 | 2.50 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 77.29 | 110 | 180 | 385.4 | 104.1 | 3.9 | 500.1 | 8.23 |
| hs-cTnT (pg/mL) | 20.1 | 41.2 | 51 | 65.5 | 30.1 | 3.5 | 12.1 | 3.9 |
| BNP (pg/mL) | 112 | NA | 140 | NA | 26.4 | NA | 25 | NA |
| VE/h | 11 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 86 | 1 |
| Ventricular couplets/24 h | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| Ct value | 24.34 | 24.20 | 24.17 | 25.5 |
ICD implantation. Upper limit of normal for the above biomarkers are ESR: 20 mm/h, CRP: <5 mg/L, d-Dimer: 0.5 μg/mL, NLR: 3, IL-6: 5 pg/mL, hs-cTnT: 14 pg/mL, BNP: 100 pg/mL.
Temperature recordings are average of weekly recordings done at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. everyday.
BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; CRP, C-reactive protein; Ct, cycle threshold; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; hs-cTnT, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T; IL-6, interleukin-6; NA, not available as test was done once in 2 weeks; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; VE/h, ventricular ectopics per hour as recorded on Holter.