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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

The Prognostic Value of Soluble ST2 in Adults with Pulmonary Hypertension.

Laurie W Geenen, Vivan J M Baggen, Robert M Kauling, Thomas Koudstaal, Karin A Boomars, Eric Boersma, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Annemien E van den Bosch

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laurie W GeenenDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. l.geenen@erasmusmc.nl.
Vivan J M BaggenDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. v.baggen@erasmusmc.nl.
Robert M KaulingDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. r.kauling@erasmusmc.nl.
Thomas KoudstaalDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. t.koudstaal.1@erasmusmc.nl.
Karin A BoomarsDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. K.boomars@erasmusmc.nl.
Eric BoersmaDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. h.boersma@erasmusmc.nl.
Jolien W Roos-HesselinkDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. j.roos@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-6770-3830
Annemien E van den BoschDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. a.e.vandenbosch@erasmusmc.nl.
Erasmus MC · NL

Funding

Hartstichting 2015T029 to V.J.M. Baggen
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soluble ST2 (sST2) is upregulated in response to myocardial stress and may serve as biomarker in adults with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This prospective cohort study investigated sST2 levels and its association with echocardiographic and hemodynamic measures, and adverse clinical outcomes in adults with PH of different etiologies. sST2 was measured during the diagnostic right heart catheterization for PH, in adult patients enrolled between May 2012 and October 2016. PH due to left heart failure was excluded. The association between sST2 and a primary endpoint composed of death or lung transplantation and a secondary composite endpoint including death, lung transplantation or heart failure, was investigated using Cox regression with adjustment for NT-proBNP. In total 104 patients were included (median age was 59 years, 66% woman, 51% pulmonary arterial hypertension). Median sST2 was 28 [IQR 20-46] ng/mL. Higher sST2 was associated with worse right ventricular dysfunction and higher mean pulmonary and right atrial pressures. Median follow-up was 3.3 [IQR 2.3-4.6] years. The primary and secondary endpoint occurred in 33 (31.7%) and 43 (41.3%) patients, respectively. sST2 was significantly associated with both endpoints (HR per 2-fold higher value 1.53, 95%CI 1.12-2.07,

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biomarkerspulmonary hypertensionST2

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PMID31547136
PMCPMC6832164
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