Cardiomyocyte desmin abnormalities - An accurate predictor of long-term survival in patients with chronic heart failure

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 724-733

  Pawlak, Agnieszka ^a,d   Gil, Robert J ^a,b   Walczak, Ewa ^c   Słysz, Andrzej ^a  

^a Central Hospital of Internal Affairs and Administration Ministry   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Poland)

^d CENTRAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR   (Poland)

Author keywords

Desmin; Heart failure; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DESMIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DESMIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 68149182309     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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