Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 514-519, September 2006

Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Level Is Correlated With Left Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction in Patients With Heart Failure

  • Andrew T. Yan, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, and the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; and Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Cardiology, McMaster Health Science Centre, Hamilton
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  • Raymond T. Yan, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, and the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; and Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Cardiology, McMaster Health Science Centre, Hamilton
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  • Francis G. Spinale, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Rizwan Afzal, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; and Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Cardiology, McMaster Health Science Centre, Hamilton
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  • Himali R. Gunasinghe, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Malcolm Arnold, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lawson Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Catherine Demers, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; and Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Cardiology, McMaster Health Science Centre, Hamilton
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  • Robert S. Mckelvie, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; and Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Cardiology, McMaster Health Science Centre, Hamilton
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  • Peter P. Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, and the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; and Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Cardiology, McMaster Health Science Centre, Hamilton
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Peter P. Liu, MD, Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, NCSB 11-1266, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada.

Received 15 December 2005; received in revised form 26 April 2006; accepted 31 May 2006.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; London, Ontario, Canada; Charleston, South Carolina

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 Supported in part by grants from the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) of Ontario and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and CHFNET and TACTICS Partnership Programs of the HSF and CIHR.A.Y. is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship Award, the Canadian Heart Research Centre Fellowship, and the Detweiler Travelling Fellowship. C.D. holds an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Career Scientist Award. P.L. holds the Heart & Stroke/Polo Chair Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University Health Network, University of Toronto.

PII: S1071-9164(06)00279-X

doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.05.012

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 514-519, September 2006

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