Clinical use of novel biomarkers in heart failure: Towards personalized medicine

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 369-381

  Schmitter, Daniela ^a   Cotter, Gadi ^b   Voors, Adriaan A ^c  

^a Momentum Research   (Switzerland)

^b Momentum Research Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Galectin 3; Heart failure; MicroRNAs; Personalized medicine; Soluble ST2

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANTAGOMIR; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; GALECTIN 3; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 33; KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE 1; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 208A INHIBITOR; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 423 5P; MIRAVIRSEN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; NESIRITIDE; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; PROTEIN ST2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; IL1RL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALBUMINURIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUBULE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; FORECASTING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FORECASTING; GALECTIN 3; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MICRORNAS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84899118851     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-013-9396-5     Document Type: Article

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