Elevated Plasma Soluble ST2 Is Associated with Heart Failure Symptoms and Outcome in Aortic Stenosis.

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is often used as a complementary finding in the diagnostic work-up of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). Whether soluble ST2, a new biomarker of cardiac stretch, is associated with symptomatic status and outcome in asymptomatic AS is unknown. sST2 and BNP levels wer...

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Main Authors: Patrizio Lancellotti, Raluca Dulgheru, Julien Magne, Christine Henri, Laurence Servais, Nassim Bouznad, Arnaud Ancion, Christophe Martinez, Laurent Davin, Caroline Le Goff, Alain Nchimi, Luc Piérard, Cécile Oury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4577123?pdf=render