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SUBMITTER: Pietrzak R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967785 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pietrzak Radosław R Książczyk Tomasz M TM Górska Elżbieta E Małek Łukasz A ŁA Werner Bożena B
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210302 5
Galectin-3 (G3) is a biomarker known as an inflammatory state exponent. The aim of this paper was to analyze the G3 in adolescents with ventricular arrhythmia (VES) in order to evaluate its impact on myocardial tissue preservation. The study group (SG) consisted of 25 VES adolescents. The control group (CG) was 21 healthy children. G3 was assessed in the SG and CG. In the SG electrocardiography, Holter monitoring, echocardiography and CMR were performed. The G3 in SG was 13.45 ± 11.4 ng/mL and i ...[more]