A Novel Paradigm Based on ST2 and Its Contribution towards a Multimarker Approach in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Heart Failure: A Prospective Study during the Pandemic Storm.
Radu Ștefan MiftodeDaniela ConstantinescuCorina Maria CiangaAntoniu Octavian PetrisAmalia-Stefana TimpauAdrian CrisanIrina-Iuliana CostacheOvidiu MituDana-Teodora Anton-PaduraruIonela-Larisa MiftodeMariana Pavel-TanasaPetru CiangaIonela-Lacramioara SerbanPublished in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
we consider that sST2 has certain qualities worth integrating in a future multimarker test kit alongside traditional biomarkers, as it provides similar diagnostic value as NT-proBNP, but is emerging as a more valuable prognostic factor, with a better predictive value of fatal events in patients with acute HF.