Plasma osteopontin levels, but not its myocardial expression, reflect heart failure severity in recently diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy.
CONCLUSION: Plasma OPN levels reflect heart failure severity in patients with Ro-DCM. Myocardial OPN expression is not associated with either plasma OPN levels or markers of heart failure in these individuals.
PMID: 31289910 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Herz - Category: Cardiology Tags: Herz Source Type: research
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