Association of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels on Admission with In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Association of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels on Admission with In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Background: Acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening cardiovascular emergency. Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) is proposed as a prognostic marker and found to be related to worse clinical outcomes in various cardiovascular diseases. This study sought to investigate the association of circulating PTX3 levels...

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Main Authors: Qin Zhou, Xiang-Ping Chai, Zhen-Fei Fang, Xin-Qun Hu, Liang Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2016-01-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
Subjects:
Mortality; Pentraxin-3; Aortic Dissection
Online Access:http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2016;volume=129;issue=21;spage=2589;epage=2595;aulast=Zhou

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