Usefulness of Plasma Galectin-3 Levels in Systolic Heart Failure to Predict Renal Insufficiency and Survival - Tang, W.H. Wilson; Shrestha, Kevin; Shao, Zhili; Borowski, Allen G.; Troughton, Richard W.; Thomas, James D.; Klein, Allan L. (The American journal of cardiology, 2011)
Keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Chronic Disease; Cohort Studies; Echocardiography, Doppler; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Galectin 3 - blood; Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology; Heart; Heart failure; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Heart Failure, Systolic - blood; Heart Failure, Systolic - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure, Systolic - mortality; Hemodynamics - physiology; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Kidney diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Proteins; Reference Values; Renal failure; Renal Insufficiency - blood; Renal Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging; Renal Insufficiency - mortality; Survival Rate; Ultrasonic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - blood; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - mortality; Kidney disease; Heart failure; Biological fluid; Urinary system disease; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Survival; Blood plasma; Heart disease; Renal failure; Level; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Predictive factor