Impact of Exhaled Breath Acetone in the Prognosis of Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF). One Year of Clinical Follow-up.

The identification of new biomarkers of heart failure (HF) could help in its treatment. Previously, our group studied 89 patients with HF and showed that exhaled breath acetone (EBA) is a new noninvasive biomarker of HF diagnosis. However, there is no data about the relevance of EBA as a biomarker o...

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Main Authors: Fabiana G Marcondes-Braga, Guilherme L Batista, Ivano G R Gutz, Paulo H N Saldiva, Sandrigo Mangini, Victor S Issa, Silvia M Ayub-Ferreira, Edimar A Bocchi, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Fernando Bacal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5193433?pdf=render