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Specific biomarkers of myocardial inflammation and remodeling processes as predictors of mortality in high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valve repair (MitraClip).

Oliver DörrClaudia WaltherChristoph LiebetrauTill KellerHannes TabertNiklas F BoederMatthias BayerPascal BauerHelge MöllmannLuise GaedeChristian TroidlSandra VossTimm BauerChristian W HammHolger Nef
Published in: Clinical cardiology (2018)
The present study is the first to identify biomarkers reflecting inflammation (hsCRP, IL-6) and cardiac remodeling processes (MMP-2, MMP-9) as predictors of mortality in high-risk patients undergoing PMVR.
Keyphrases
  • patients undergoing
  • oxidative stress
  • cardiovascular events
  • left ventricular
  • mitral valve
  • risk factors
  • cell migration
  • minimally invasive
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiovascular disease
  • heart failure