Fibulins: a new biomarker for pulmonary thromboembolism?

Murat Acat Ozlem Sengoren Dikis Seyhan Us Dülger Ertan Akbay Ekrem Karakaya Ismail Haskul Efsun Gonca Chousein

Published in: The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male (2019)

Fibulin-4 and -5 have been shown to be relevant to cardiovascular biology and diseases. Experimental studies and observations in humans show that they may play a role in several cardiovascular diseases particularly pulmonary embolism.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
cardiovascular disease
inferior vena cava
pulmonary hypertension
case control
cardiovascular risk factors
type diabetes