Plasma osteopontin levels, but not its myocardial expression, reflect heart failure severity in recently diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy.

J PodzimkovaTomas PalecekP KuchynkaJ MarekB A DanekM JachymovaM SafarikovaM KalousovaT ZimaA Linhart

Published in: Herz (2019)

Plasma OPN levels reflect heart failure severity in patients with Ro-DCM. Myocardial OPN expression is not associated with either plasma OPN levels or markers of heart failure in these individuals.

Keyphrases

heart failure
left ventricular
poor prognosis
cardiac resynchronization therapy
binding protein
long non coding rna