Journal article
Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Level Is Correlated With Left Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction in Patients With Heart Failure
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) can alter myocardial extracellular matrix and thereby contribute to adverse ventricular remodeling in progressive heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that increased plasma MMP levels correlate with increased left ventricular (LV) volumes and reduced LV ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with HF.
METHODS AND RESULTS: In the Randomized Evaluation of Strategies for Left Ventricular Dysfunction …
Authors
Yan AT; Yan RT; Spinale FG; Afzal R; Gunasinghe HR; Arnold M; Demers C; Mckelvie RS; Liu PP
Journal
Journal of Cardiac Failure, Vol. 12, No. 7, pp. 514–519
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.05.012
ISSN
1071-9164