Usefulness of thrombosis and inflammation biomarkers in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – sampling plasma and surgical specimens

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) results from persistent pulmonary vascular obstructions, presumably due to inflammatory thrombosis. Because estimates of thrombus volume at diagnosis have no predictive value, we investigated the role of the thrombosis marker D-dimer and the inflammation marker C-reactive protein (CRP) for predicting outcomes in CTEPH.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - April 24, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Nika Skoro-Sajer, Christian Gerges, Mario Gerges, Adelheid Panzenb öck, Johannes Jakowitsch, Annabella Kurz, Shahrokh Taghavi, Roela Sadushi-Kolici, Ioana Campean, Walter Klepetko, David S Celermajer, Irene Marthe Lang Source Type: research