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Coronary Progenitor Cells and Soluble Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Prognosis after Coronary Angioplasty
Published on: January 28, 2020
Biomarkers for diagnosis in thoracic aortic disease: PRO
1Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, PO Box 208039, New Haven, CT 06520-8039, USA. donald.botta@yale.edu
Abstract:
Identification of biomarkers for thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) disease is important because complications of TAAs are common. Preemptive operative repair of TAAs is effective in improving survival. However, elective surgical repair for asymptomatic aneurysms remains a clinical decision that must be based on the patient's operative risk and the risk that a given TAA will rupture. Thus, it is vitally important to be able to identify which patients with TAAs are at the greatest risk for rupture or dissection. Markers in clinical use and potential markers at the cellular, protein, and molecular level are discussed.
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