Urinary Titin Is Increased in Patients After Cardiac Surgery

Background: Few non-invasive biomarkers have been used to detect myocardial injury in patients with heart diseases. Recently, the N-terminal fragment (N-titin) of titin, a giant sarcomeric protein, which is involved in muscular passive tension and viscoelasticity, has been reported to detect muscle...

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Main Authors: Jun Tanihata, Naritomo Nishioka, Takahiro Inoue, Ko Bando, Susumu Minamisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2019.00007/full