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

Dorr, O; Walther, C; Liebetrau, C; Keller, T; Tabert, H; Boeder, N; Bayer, M; Bauer, P; Mollmann, H; Gaede, L; Troidl, C; Voss, S; Bauer, T; Hamm, CW; Nef, H

Dorr, O (reprint author), Univ Giessen, Dept Cardiol, Klin Str 33, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.

CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2018; 41 (4): 481

Abstract

BackgroundSpecific matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, MMP-9) and inflammatory biomarkers (hsCRP, IL-6) were found to be consistently up-regulated in se......

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