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ReviewMolecular diagnosis & therapy2014

Review of the prognostic value of galectin-3 in heart failure focusing on clinical utility of repeated testing.

Francisco Javier Carrasco-Sánchez, María Inmaculada Páez-Rubio

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Review in Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Protection of CAPE-pNOInflammation · 2022
    Article
  2. Galectin-3 and Hypertensive Heart Disease.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016
    Article
  3. Article
  4. The utility of biomarker risk prediction score in patients with chronic heart failure.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francisco Javier Carrasco-SánchezInternal Medicine Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Huelva, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Ronda Norte s/n 21005, Huelva, Spain, fjcarrascos@telefonica.net.
María Inmaculada Páez-Rubio
Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galectin-3 is a soluble β-galactoside-binding lectin released by activated cardiac macrophages. Elevated levels of galectin-3 have been found to be associated with adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure. A number of recent studies suggest that galectin-3 may provide relevant information regarding the pathophysiologic process of heart failure. We analyzed the most recent and comprehensive studies which are focused on the association between galectin-3 and heart failure. Galectin-3 has also been associated with acute and chronic heart failure. Although most of the studies involved patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction, galectin-3 seems to have more accurate role in heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. However, the mechanism of this relationship and its clinical implications remain uncertain. Some studies have not been able to prove the association between galectin-3 and heart failure, so there are many questions to answer. Galectin-3 has also been involved to renal dysfunction, so it could be a mediator of worsening renal function. Serial measurement of galectin-3 could provide further prognostic information in heart failure patients.

Indexed as

BiomarkersGalectin 3Heart FailureHumansPrognosisSeverity of Illness IndexBiomarkersGalectin 3

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PMID24989720
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