Association between growth differentiation factor-15 and chronic heart failure in coronary atherosclerosis patients
, “Association between growth differentiation factor-15 and chronic heart failure in coronary atherosclerosis patients”, vol. 14, pp. 2225-2233, 2015.
We explored the association between plasma growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) levels and chronic heart failure (CHF) in coronary heart disease patients. We measured plasma GDF-15 and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels in 269 untreated coronary heart disease patients (98 with CHF, 84 without CHF, and 87 control patients) using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. All subjects were examined by echocardiography and left ventricular ejection fraction.
