Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (No. ZR2012HL19);the Science and Technology Development Plan of Tai’an City, China (No. 20113096)
Adiponectin plays an important role in the development of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and cardio- myocyte hypertrophy, but very little was known about the influence of serum adiponectin or the adiponectin gene poly...
Objective To explore the role of serum fibrotic indices including hyaluronic acid (HA), procollagen type Ⅲ NH2-terminal peptide (PCIIIP), and laminin (LN) in assessing the severity of myocardial fibrosis in chr...
Objectives To evaluate the changes of serum intact terminal peptide of procollagen in patients with chronic Keshan disease (KD) and investigate their clinical significance. Methods The concentrations of serum intact N...
BACKGROUND: The purposes of this study were to confirm the changes in myocardial collagen level after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), find the relation between these chan...