Growth differentiation factor 15 as a useful biomarker of heart failure in young patients with unrepaired congenital heart disease of left to right shunt.

CONCLUSIONS: GDF 15 mainly reflects oxygen demand-supply relationship and can be used as a diagnostic marker of HF in unrepaired CHD with left to right shunt for a wide range of age and diagnoses. PMID: 31883956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31883956?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Cardiology - December 25, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kagiyama Y, Yatsuga S, Kinoshita M, Koteda Y, Kishimoto S, Koga Y, Suda K Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research