Cardiovascular Diseases: Biomarker-Guided Therapy and Clinical Management

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1097

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Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
Interests: molecular mechanism and intervention target of cardiovascular remodeling

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Department of Emergency Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
Interests: basic and clinical study of acute and critical cardiovascular disease including acute myocardial infarction, valvular heart disease, heart failure, aortic dissection and arrhythmia

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Department of Critical Care Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
Interests: basic research in the inflammation and immunity, and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in this Special Issue of JCM on “Cardiovascular Diseases: Biomarker-Guided Therapy and Clinical Management”. As is well-known, despite ongoing advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Thus, it is necessary to find sensitive and specific biomarkers to promote early diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of CVD. Several biomarkers have been investigated as potential predictors of CVD, such as CRP, troponin and BNP. Numerous other biomarkers pertaining to diagnosis, prognosis, and risk prediction have been identified, but few have been used in clinical practice. In this Special Issue of JCM, we aim to better interpret the role of currently available biomarkers and discover other candidate biomarkers. Both original research papers and comprehensive review papers in the following areas are welcome:
1) The use of biomarkers in CVD severity.
2) The use of biomarkers for monitoring the progression of CVD.
3) The role of biomarkers in risk stratification.
4) The role of biomarkers in therapeutic management.
5) The use of biomarkers in postoperative outcome prediction.

Dr. Jianmin Yang
Dr. Chuanbao Li
Dr. Weidong Qin
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • cardiovascular disease
  • biomarker
  • therapy
  • risk stratification
  • diagnosis
  • prognosis

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Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) in Patients with Predominantly Decompensated Right Heart Failure—A Prospective Observational Study
by Victoria Dworok, Valentin Hähnel, Marwin Bannehr, Vera Paar, Christoph Edlinger, Michael Lichtenauer, Christian Butter and Anja Haase-Fielitz
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(23), 7200; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12237200 - 21 Nov 2023
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Right heart failure is a major challenge in clinical practice. Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity-2 (sST2), a member of the interleukin-1-receptor family, may have clinical prognostic value. The aim of this study was to analyze whether sST2 correlates with signs of acute right heart [...] Read more.
Right heart failure is a major challenge in clinical practice. Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity-2 (sST2), a member of the interleukin-1-receptor family, may have clinical prognostic value. The aim of this study was to analyze whether sST2 correlates with signs of acute right heart decompensation. This prospective single-center study included 50 patients admitted for clinical signs of predominant right heart decompensation. Signs of reduced blood supply to other organs (e.g., renal function parameter, troponin T, NT-proBNP), diuretics, and signs of venous congestion (inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter) with fluid retention (weight gain, peripheral edema) resulting from reduced RV function were analyzed. The degree of peripheral edema was defined as none, mild (5–6 mm depressible, regression in 15–60 s) or severe (>7 mm depressible, regression in 2–3 min). sST2 levels were measured at the day of hospitalization. A total of 78.7% showed severe peripheral edema. The median concentration of sST2 was 35.2 ng/mL (25.–75. percentiles 17.2–46.7). sST2 is correlated with the peripheral edema degree (rSpearman = 0.427, p = 0.004) and the diameter of IVC (r = 0.786, p = 0.036), while NT-proBNP (r = 0.114, p = 0.456), troponin T (r = 0.123, p = 0.430), creatinine-based eGFR (r = −0.207, p = 0.195), or cystatin C-based eGFR (r = −0.032, p = 0.839) did not. sST2, but no other established marker, is correlated with peripheral and central fluid status in patients with decompensated right heart failure. Full article
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