Value of serum NT-IGFBP-4 for non-invasive risk stratification of coronary heart disease and predictive efficiency for complexity of coronary artery lesions

Abstract

We aimed to explore the value of serum N-terminal insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 4 (NT-IGFBP-4) in the non-invasive risk stratification of coronary heart disease and its predictive efficiency for the complexity of coronary artery lesions [assessed by Synergy between PCI with TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) and SYNTAX II scores].

Keywords

• coronary heart disease
• correlation
• nt-igfbp-4
• risk stratification
• scoring