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Background/aims Increased carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) was shown to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular (CV) mortality in dialysis patients and the general population. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a member of the transforming growth factor superfamily, is produced by cardiomyocytes and atherosclerotic lesions under stress conditions such as inflammation. We assessed...
Aim and background Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is used to determine the prognosis of heart failure. Some studies revealed that Gal-3 promoted cardiac hypertrophy but there is no study in which the relationship between Gal-3 and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) geometry in patients without diastolic and systolic function impairment has been explored. The aim of the study was to analyze associations between...
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