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ReviewEuropean journal of heart failure2021

Circulating heart failure biomarkers beyond natriuretic peptides: review from the Biomarker Study Group of the Heart Failure Association (HFA), European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Wouter C Meijers, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Alexandre Mebazaa, Johann Bauersachs, John G F Cleland, Andrew J S Coats, James L Januzzi, Alan S Maisel, Kenneth McDonald, Thomas Mueller and 4 more

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Review in European journal of heart failure, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. [Clinical application value of sST2 in patients with heart failure].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  17. Biomarkers of Cardiac Metabolic Flexibility in Health, HFrEF and HFpEF.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  19. Cardio-Vascular Extracellular Matrix: The Unmet Enigma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Wouter C MeijersDepartment of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Antoni Bayes-GenisHeart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBERCV, Barcelona, Spain.
Alexandre MebazaaInserm U942-MASCOT; Université de Paris; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hôpitaux Saint Louis & Lariboisière; FHU PROMICE, Paris, France.
Johann BauersachsDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
John G F ClelandRobertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow; National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Andrew J S CoatsMonash University, Melbourne, Australia.
James L JanuzziMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Alan S MaiselUniversity of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Kenneth McDonaldSt Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Thomas MuellerDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
A Mark RichardsChristchurch Heart Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Petar SeferovicFaculty of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia.
Christian MuellerUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Rudolf A de BoerDepartment of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New biomarkers are being evaluated for their ability to advance the management of patients with heart failure. Despite a large pool of interesting candidate biomarkers, besides natriuretic peptides virtually none have succeeded in being applied into the clinical setting. In this review, we examine the most promising emerging candidates for clinical assessment and management of patients with heart failure. We discuss high-sensitivity cardiac troponins (Tn), procalcitonin, novel kidney markers, soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2), galectin-3, growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), cluster of differentiation 146 (CD146), neprilysin, adrenomedullin (ADM), and also discuss proteomics and genetic-based risk scores. We focused on guidance and assistance with daily clinical care decision-making. For each biomarker, analytical considerations are discussed, as well as performance regarding diagnosis and prognosis. Furthermore, we discuss potential implementation in clinical algorithms and in ongoing clinical trials.

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CardiologyHeart FailureBiomarkersGalectin 3HumansNatriuretic PeptidesPrognosisBiomarkersGalectin 3Natriuretic PeptidesAdrenomedullinBiomarkersCardiac troponinGalectin-3Growth differentiation factor-15Heart failureProcalcitoninsST2

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PMID34498368
PMCPMC9292239

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