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 NefPublished 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.