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SUBMITTER: Zhao G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4547812 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Guangxian G Li Yuzi Y Cui Lan L Li Xiang X Jin Zhenyi Z Han Xiongyi X Fang Ennan E Gao Yihua Y Zhou Dongmei D Jiang Haiying H Jin Xueying X Piao Guanghao G Li Xiangshan X Yang Guang G Jin Jiyong J Zhu Enbo E Piao Meina M Piao Limei L Yuan Kuichang K Lei Yanna Y Ding Dazhi D Jin Chengzhi C Nan Yongshan Y Cheng Xianwu X
PloS one 20150824 8
Cysteinyl cathepsin K (CatK) is one of the most potent mammalian collagenases involved in cardiovascular disease. Here, we investigated the clinical predictive value of serum CatK levels in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We examined 134 patients with CHF, measuring their serum CatK, troponin I, high-sensitive C-reactive protein, and pre-operative N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels. The patients were divided into two groups: the 44 patients who showed a left ventricular ( ...[more]