Plasma Cardiotrophin‐1 Levels are Associated With Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Meta‐Analysis
Song K, Wang S, Huang B, Luciano A, Srivastava R, Mani A. Plasma Cardiotrophin‐1 Levels are Associated With Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Meta‐Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2014, 16: 686-692. PMID: 25052897, PMCID: PMC4159421, DOI: 10.1111/jch.12376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCT-1 levelsPlasma CT-1 levelsHypertensive heart diseaseHeart failureLeft ventricular hypertrophyVentricular hypertrophyCardiotrophin-1Hypertensive patientsHeart diseaseHypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophyCardiotrophin-1 levelsSmall independent studiesHypertension-induced hypertrophyInterleukin-6 cytokineNormotensive patientsSerum levelsSubgroup analysisCardiac hypertrophyNovel biomarkersHypertensionPatientsElectronic databasesHypertrophyMeta-AnalysisStandardized algorithm