Global Longitudinal Strain and Strain Rate in Type Two Diabetes Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Relevance to Osteoprotegerin
Background: Biomechanical stress and inflammatory biomarkers relate to global contractility dysfunction; however, adding these biomarkers into a risk model constructed on clinical data does not improve its prediction value in chronic heart failure (CHF).
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Folia Medica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2016.58.issue-3/folmed-2016-0021/folmed-2016-0021.xml?format=INT |