Soluble ST2 and troponin I combination: Useful biomarker for predicting development of stress cardiomyopathy in patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit

Stress cardiomyopathy (SCM) sometimes develops in patients with non-cardiac medical illness. We hypothesized that soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) can predict SCM.

Source: Heart and Lung - June 13, 2015 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Hyun Suk Yang, Hyun Jeong Kim, Hyoung Joon Shim, Sun Jong Kim, Mina Hur, Salvatore Di Somma, GREAT Network Tags: Care of Patients With Heart Failure Source Type: research