Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 308-313 , April 2010

Serum Midkine as a Predictor of Cardiac Events in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

  • Tatsuro Kitahara, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Tetsuro Shishido, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tetsuro Shishido, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata, Japan 990-9585. Tel: +81-23-628-5302; Fax: +81-23-628-5305
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  • Satoshi Suzuki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Shigehiko Katoh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Toshiki Sasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Mitsunori Ishino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Joji Nitobe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Takuya Miyamoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Takehiko Miyashita, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Tetsu Watanabe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Yasuchika Takeishi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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  • Isao Kubota, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Received 13 August 2009 ,Revised 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 17 December 2009.

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 Supported, in part, by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (No. 19590804, 19790513, 21590923, 21590935, and 21790701) from the Ministry of Education Culture, Sport, Science and Technology and a grant-in-aid from the global century center of excellence (COE) program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

PII: S1071-9164(09)01234-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.12.014

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 308-313 , April 2010

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