GDF-15 predicts cardiovascular events in acute chest pain patients.
Stergios TzikasLars PalapiesConstantinos BakogiannisTanja ZellerChristoph SinningStephan BaldusChristoph BickelVassilios VassilikosKarl J LacknerAndreas ZeiherThomas MünzelStefan BlankenbergTill KellerPublished in: PloS one (2017)
GDF-15 is an independent predictor of future cardiovascular events in patients presenting with suspected MI. GDF-15 levels correlate with the severity of CAD and can identify and risk-stratify patients who need coronary revascularization.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery
- liver failure
- pulmonary embolism
- intensive care unit
- type diabetes
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported outcomes
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- acute coronary syndrome
- left ventricular
- patient reported