Comparison of Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Biomarkers for Risk Stratification in Elderly Patients with Non-Massive Pulmonary Embolism.

UNLABELLED:Biomarkers unrelated to myocardial necrosis, such as cystatin C, copeptin, and mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM), showed promise for cardiovascular risk prediction. Knowing whether they are comparable to cardiac biomarkers such as high-sensitive cardiac-troponin T (hs-cTnT) or N...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Vuilleumier, Aurélien Simona, Marie Méan, Andreas Limacher, Pierre Lescuyer, Eric Gerstel, Henri Bounameaux, Drahomir Aujesky, Marc Righini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4878757?pdf=render