Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is an Independent Predictor of Death and Ventricular Dysfunction After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery | Zendy

Jochen D. Muehlschlegel | Zendy; Tjörvi E. Perry | Zendy; Kuang-Yu Liu | Zendy; Amanda A. Fox | Zendy; Charles D. Collard | Zendy; Stanton K. Shernan | Zendy; Simon C. Body | Zendy

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Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is an Independent Predictor of Death and Ventricular Dysfunction After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Author(s) -

Jochen D. Muehlschlegel,

Tjörvi E. Perry,

Kuang-Yu Liu,

Amanda A. Fox,

Charles D. Collard,

Stanton K. Shernan,

Simon C. Body

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

anesthesia and analgesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1526-7598

pISSN - 0003-2999

DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181dd9516

Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , heart type fatty acid binding protein , cardiology , hazard ratio , troponin i , cardiopulmonary bypass , troponin , inotrope , intensive care unit , prospective cohort study , myocardial infarction , confidence interval , anesthesia , fatty acid binding protein , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (hFABP) functions as a myocardial fatty acid transporter and is released into the circulation early after myocardial injury. We hypothesized that hFABP is superior to conventional cardiac biomarkers for predicting early perioperative myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

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