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SynthesisESC heart failure2024

Galectin-3 levels and long-term all-cause mortality and hospitalization in heart failure patients: a meta-analysis.

Wenke Cheng, Rosolowski Maciej, Holger Thiele, Petra Büttner

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Synthesis in ESC heart failure, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wenke ChengDepartment of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
Rosolowski MaciejInstitute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Holger ThieleDepartment of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
Petra BüttnerDepartment of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0799-4725

Funding

China Scholarship Council 202009370095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThis meta-analysis investigated the dose-response relationship between circulating galectin-3 levels and adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). METHODS AND

resultsPubMed and Embase were screened for studies on galectin-3 and HF. The outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality (ACM), and all-cause mortality or HF-related rehospitalization (ACM/HFR), with a follow-up time of more than 6 months. For categorical variables, comparisons between groups with the highest and lowest galectin-3 levels were pooled. For continuous variables, the risks of ACM and ACM/HFR increase per 1-standard deviation (SD) and 1-unit after logarithmic transformation galectin-3 levels were pooled. A random-effects model was employed to calculate the pooled results, and all pooled results were expressed as hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Besides, a dose-response analysis was performed. Twenty-four cohort studies were included. In HF patients, higher circulating galectin-3 levels were significantly associated with a higher risk of long-term ACM (HR, 1.65; 95% CI 1.28-2.13; I

conclusionsHigher circulating galectin-3 levels after hospitalization of HF patients are linearly and positively associated with the risk of long-term ACM and ACM/HFR.

Indexed as

BiomarkersBlood ProteinsGalectin 3Heart FailureHospitalizationCause of DeathGalectinsGlobal HealthHumansPrognosisSurvival RateTime FactorsBiomarkersBlood ProteinsGalectin 3GalectinsLGALS3 protein, humanAll‐cause mortalityGalectin‐3Heart failureHospitalizationMeta‐analysis

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PMID38698741
PMCPMC11424282

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