Open AccessThe value of serum homocysteine in predicting one-year survival in patients with severe systolic heart failure
Author(s) -
Ahmet Selami Tekin,
Cihan Şengül,
Barış Kılıçaslan,
Olcay Özveren,
Güliz Kozdağ
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
türk kardiyoloji derneği arşivi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1016-5169
DOI - 10.5543/tkda.2012.22058
Subject(s) - medicine , homocysteine , heart failure , cardiology , proportional hazards model , ejection fraction , plasma homocysteine , ventricle , survival analysis , multivariate analysis , end point , geometry , mathematics
Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem responsible for high morbidity and mortality rates. Thus, the importance of survival predictors in directing the treatment of HF is gradually increasing. In some recently published studies, plasma homocysteine has been presented as a newly recognized risk factor for development of HF. In the present study, we investigated the value of serum homocysteine levels in predicting the survival of patients with HF.