Folia Medica (Sep 2016)

Global Longitudinal Strain and Strain Rate in Type Two Diabetes Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Relevance to Osteoprotegerin

  • Kruzliak Peter,
  • Berezin Alexander,
  • Kremzer Alexander,
  • Samura Tatyana,
  • Benacka Roman,
  • Mozos Ioana,
  • Egom Emmanuel,
  • Rodrigo Luis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/folmed-2016-0021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 3
pp. 164 – 173

Abstract

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Background: Biomechanical stress and inflammatory biomarkers relate to global contractility dysfunction; however, adding these biomarkers into a risk model constructed on clinical data does not improve its prediction value in chronic heart failure (CHF).

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