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ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2018

Association between the ratio of anti-angiogenic isoform of VEGF-A to total VEGF-A and adverse clinical outcomes in patients after acute myocardial infarction.

Kazuhiro Harada, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Hideki Ishii, Yohei Shibata, Susumu Suzuki, Akihito Tanaka, Atsuo Suzuki, Kenshi Hirayama, Toyoaki Murohara

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Article in International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Myocardial Infarction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2020
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Kazuhiro HaradaDepartment of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Ryosuke KikuchiDepartment of Medical Technique, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan.
Hideki IshiiDepartment of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Yohei ShibataDepartment of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital, Japan.
Susumu SuzukiDepartment of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Akihito TanakaDepartment of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Atsuo SuzukiDepartment of Medical Technique, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan.
Kenshi HirayamaDepartment of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Toyoaki MuroharaDepartment of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) promotes neovascularization and is attracting considerable attention as a remarkable risk factor in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In contrast, the association between VEGF-A

methodsWe evaluated 23 patients with AMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention. VEGF-A and VEGF-A

resultsThe levels of total VEGF-A tended to be lower, while the ratio of VEGF-A

conclusionThe assessment of VEGF-A

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Acute myocardial infarctionMajor adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular eventsVEGF-AVEGF-A165b

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PMID29946556
PMCPMC6016065

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