Abstract:Objective To analyze the diagnostic value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) combined with miR-499 level in patients with heart failure.Methods A total of 110 patients with heart failure treated in Qingdao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2018 to December 2021 were selected as the heart failure group, and 60 healthy people undergoing heath checkup in the hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. Cardiac function parameters, including left ventricular end systolic volume (LVESV), left ventricular end diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and standard deviation (Tmsv16-SD%) and maximum difference (Tmsv16-Dif%) of the time to the minimal systolic volume of the 16 left ventricular segments, were measured by RT-3DE. The serum level of miR-499 was measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The cardiac function parameters measured via RT-3DE and the serum level of miR-499 were compared between the two groups. The correlations between cardiac function parameters and the miR-499 level were analyzed by Pearson method. The diagnostic efficacy of cardiac function parameters measured via RT-3DE, the serum level of miR-499, and their combination for heart failure was analyzed by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results There was no difference in the gender composition, body mass index, heart rate, systolic pressure, or diastolic pressure between the two groups (P > 0.05). The LVEDV, LVESV, Tmsv16-Dif%, Tmsv16-SD% and the serum level of miR-499 in the heart failure group were higher than those in the control group, while LVEF in the heart failure group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that the serum level of miR-499 was positively correlated with LVEDV (r = 0.373), LVESV (r = 0.347), Tmsv16-Dif% (r = 0.228), and Tmsv16-SD% (r = 0.395) (all P < 0.05), but was negatively correlated with LVEF (r = -0.341) in patients with heart failure (P < 0.05). The ROC curve analysis exhibited that the area under the ROC curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity of the combination of cardiac function parameters measured via RT-3DE and the serum level of miR-499 were all the highest, and were 0.932 (95% CI: 0.912, 0.984), 0.855 (95% CI: 0.796, 0.908) and 0.832 (95% CI: 0.763, 0.896), respectively.Conclusions The serum level of miR-499 is high in patients with heart failure, and is closely related to the cardiac functions measured via RT-3DE. The combination of cardiac function parameters measured via RT-3DE and the serum level of miR-499 is of great diagnostic value for heart failure.