Growth differentiation factor-15 as candidate predictor for mortality in adults with pulmonary hypertension.

Laurie W GeenenVivan J M BaggenRobert M KaulingThomas KoudstaalKarin A BoomarsEric Boersma Jolien W Roos-Hesselink Annemien E van den Bosch

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2019)

High GDF-15 levels are associated with an increased risk of death or transplant in adults with PH, independent of age and NT-proBNP. As non-specific biomarker, GDF-15 could particularly be useful to detect low-risk patients.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
cardiovascular events
pulmonary arterial hypertension