Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome with an enormous societal burden in terms of cost,
morbidity, and mortality. Natriuretic peptide testing is now widely used to support diagnosis …

Background Acute kidney injury is common, with a major effect on morbidity and health care
utilization. Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a signaling …

Abstract Background Lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) and oxidized phospholipids (OxPLs) are each
independent risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The extent to which Lp …

Background: Despite growing recognition of type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI; related to
supply/demand mismatch), little is known about its risk factors or its association with …

Background: Noninvasive models to predict the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD)
may help reduce the societal burden of CAD. Objectives: From a prospective registry of …

Background Standard measures of kidney function are only modestly useful for accurate
prediction of risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). Hypothesis Clinical and biomarker data can …

Aim We sought to investigate the association of inflammatory biomarkers with incident heart
failure (HF) events in patients at different stages of HF. Methods and results Overall, 1231 …

Background: Concentrations of circulating apolipoproteins are strongly linked to risk for
coronary artery disease (CAD). The relative importance of the additional knowledge of …

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome that is one of the causes of high mortality
worldwide. Additionally, healthcare systems around the world are also being burdened by …

We sought to develop a multiple biomarker approach for prediction of incident major
adverse cardiac events (MACE; composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction …