Associations among circulating levels of follistatin-like 1, clinical parameters, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

Associations among circulating levels of follistatin-like 1, clinical parameters, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) is a glycoprotein secreted by skeletal muscle cells and cardiac myocytes. Previous studies showed that serum FSTL1 concentrations were increased in acute coronary syndrome and chronic heart failure. The aim of this study was to assess the ass...

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Main Authors: Tatsuro Aikawa, Kazunori Shimada, Katsumi Miyauchi, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Eiryu Sai, Shohei Ouchi, Tomoyasu Kadoguchi, Mitsuhiro Kunimoto, Yusuke Joki, Tomotaka Dohi, Shinya Okazaki, Kikuo Isoda, Koji Ohashi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Hiroyuki Daida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216297

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