Open AccessIncreased Serum Levels of Oxidative Stress Are Associated with Hospital Readmissions due to Acute Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Ori Rogowski,
Sergei Shnizer,
Rafael Wolff,
Basil S. Lewis,
Offer Amir
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1421-9751
pISSN - 0008-6312
DOI - 10.1159/000324192
Subject(s) - oxidative stress , heart failure , medicine , hospital readmission , emergency medicine
Inflammation and serum oxidative stress (OS) are important components in heart failure (HF) deterioration. In this study we tested the hypothesis that an increase in patients' sera OS levels is associated with acute HF (AHF) readmissions.
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