Desphospho-Uncarboxylated Matrix-Gla Protein Is Increased Postoperatively in Cardiovascular Risk Patients.
Sofia DahlbergJacob EdeLeon SchurgersCees VermeerThomas KanderBengt KlarinUlf SchöttPublished in: Nutrients (2018)
Dp-ucMGP was high preoperatively, and had further increased postoperatively. This pattern was linked to several comorbidities, possible nutritional defects, and postoperative complications, which motivates further research about potential interactions between perioperative corrective treatments with vitamin K supplements, cardiovascular biomarkers, and incidents of stroke and myocardial infarction events.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- patient safety
- atrial fibrillation
- patients undergoing
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiac surgery
- left ventricular
- acute kidney injury
- climate change
- patient reported outcomes
- brain injury
- binding protein
- protein protein
- quality improvement
- human health
- subarachnoid hemorrhage