Galectin-3 in heart recipients

Abstract

This review summarizes the current literature devoted to the analysis of the diagnostic and prognostic role of biomarker galectin-3 in patients with heart failure and heart recipients. Measuring the level of galectin-3 in heart recipients may presumably be important for assessing the risk of developing rejection and fibrosis of the transplanted heart, but data on the effectiveness of galectin-3 as a biomarker for the development of post-transplant complications are not enough, further studies are needed.

Keywords

• galectin-3
• heart failure
• myocardial fibrosis
• heart transplantation