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Serum PINP, PIIINP, galectin-3, and ST2 as surrogates of myocardial fibrosis and echocardiographic left venticular diastolic filling properties

Objectives and Background: Serum biomarkers have been proposed to reflect fibrosis of several human tissues, but their specific role in the detection of myocardial fibrosis has not been well-established. We studied the association between N-terminal propeptide of type I and III procollagen (PINP, PI...

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Autores principales: Lepojärvi, E. Samuli, Piira, Olli-Pekka, Pääkkö, Eija, Lammentausta, Eveliina, Risteli, Juha, Miettinen, Johanna A., Perkiömäki, Juha S., Huikuri, Heikki V., Junttila, M. Juhani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26217237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2015.00200