Angiopoietin-2 is associated with capillary leak and predicts complications after cardiac surgery

Abstract Background Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are prone to numerous complications. Increased vascular permeability may be associated with morbidity and mortality due to hemodynamic instability, fluid overload, and edema formation. We hypothesized that markers of endothelial injury and infl...

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Main Authors: Jakob Wollborn, Zilu Zhang, Julie Gaa, Moritz Gentner, Christian Hausmann, Felix Saenger, Karina Weise, Samuel Justice, Jean-Luca Funk, Hans Felix Staehle, Marie Thomas, Raphael R. Bruno, Babak Saravi, Jan O. Friess, Markus Marx, Hartmut Buerkle, Georg Trummer, Jochen D. Muehlschlegel, Daniel Reker, Ulrich Goebel, Felix Ulbrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-023-01165-2