Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Levels at Admission Provide Incremental Prognostic Information on All-Cause Long-term Mortality in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

ConclusionGDF-15 levels at admission in STEMI patients are independently associated with 10-year all-cause mortality rates and could improve risk stratification on top of clinical variables and other cardiac biomarkers.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s40119-019-0127-4

Source: Cardiology and Therapy - January 30, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research