2023
Association of Urine Galectin-3 With Cardiorenal Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure
Rao V, Ivey-Miranda J, Cox Z, Moreno-Villagomez J, Testani J. Association of Urine Galectin-3 With Cardiorenal Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2023, 30: 340-346. PMID: 37301248, PMCID: PMC10947725, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGalectin-3 levelsHeart failureGalectin-3Renal fibrosisCardiac Function Heart FailureAldosterone Antagonist TrialContemporary HF cohortChronic kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration rateLow-risk phenotypeSignificant effect modificationLower eGFR levelsRenal tissue fibrosisAmino-terminal propeptideType III procollagenCardiorenal dysfunctionCardiorenal outcomesTOPCAT studyCause mortalityHF cohortSerum creatinineClinic cohortPrognostic importanceKidney diseasePrognostic indicator
2019
Discordance between Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate with Creatinine and Cystatin is Associated with Inflammation and Worsened Survival in Heart Failure
Ivey-Miranda J, Stewart B, Gomez N, Thomas A, Wycallis E, Pattoli M, Struyk G, Fleming J, Shamlian P, Barnett J, Raghavendra P, Mahoney D, Griffin M, Rao V, Testani J. Discordance between Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate with Creatinine and Cystatin is Associated with Inflammation and Worsened Survival in Heart Failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2019, 25: s20. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.07.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlomerular filtration rateMin/m2Cystatin CHeart failureFiltration rateIndividual patientsGFR estimatesChronic stable heart failureEstimate glomerular filtration rateStable heart failureMarkers of inflammationPlasma interleukin-6Independent prognostic informationC-reactive proteinCause mortalityInflammatory markersSerum creatinineWorsened survivalOutpatient cohortMultivariable analysisPrognostic valuePrognostic informationInterleukin-6Patient differencesInflammation