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Dynamics and prognostic role of galectin-3 in patients with advanced heart failure, during left ventricular assist device support and following heart transplantation

BACKGROUND: Galectin-3 is a marker of myocardial inflammation and fibrosis shown to correlate with morbidity and mortality in heart failure (HF). We examined the utility of galectin-3 as a marker of the severity of HF, the response of galectin-3 levels to ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantatio...

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Autores principales: Coromilas, Ellie, Que-Xu, Em-Claire, Moore, D’Vesharronne, Kato, Tomoko S., Wu, Christina, Ji, Ruiping, Givens, Raymond, Jorde, Ulrich P., Takayama, Hiroo, Naka, Yoshifumi, George, Isaac, Mancini, Donna, Schulze, P. Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27301475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0298-z