Postoperative kinetics of pentraxin 3 (PTX3) after congenital heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric patients
Abstract Background Pentraxins are inflammatory proteins and markers of acute-phase responses. They are divided into short and long subgroups based on the length of the N-terminal region. The most studied short pentraxin is the C-reactive protein (CRP), which is known to be expressed in various infl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-08-01
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Series: | Perioperative Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-022-00269-w |