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Galectin-3 Predicts Long-Term Cardiovascular Death in High-Risk Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Maiolino,
Giacomo Rossitto,
Luigi Pedon,
Maurizio Cesari,
Anna Chiara Frigo,
Matteo Azzolini,
Mario Plebani,
Gian Paolo Rossi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007
H-Index - 270
eISSN - 1524-4636
pISSN - 1079-5642
DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.114.304964
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary artery disease , disease , risk factor , galectin 3 , artery
Galectin-3 (Gal-3) can affect atherogenesis by multiple mechanisms, but it remains scarcely known whether plasma Gal-3 levels predict cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease. Therefore, we investigated if Gal-3 predicts cardiovascular death in patients with coronary artery disease of the Genetic and ENvironmental factors In Coronary Artery disease study.

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