Association of serum total bilirubin levels with diastolic dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is one of the main characteristics of heart failure patients with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. As bilirubin is regarded as an important endogenous antioxidant molecule, serum total bilirubin levels were compared between heart fail...

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Main Authors: Huan Zheng, Ye Li, Nanzi Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602014000100007&lng=en&tlng=en