Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 873-879 , November 2010

Serum YKL-40 Predicts Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

  • Olga Bilim, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata
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  • Yasuchika Takeishi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yasushika Takeishi, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. Tel: +81-024-547-1190.
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  • Tatsuro Kitahara, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata
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  • Mitsunori Ishino, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata
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  • Toshiki Sasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata
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  • Satoshi Suzuki, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata
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  • Tetsuro Shishido, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata
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  • Isao Kubota, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata

Received 18 January 2010 ,Revised 3 May 2010 ,Accepted 28 May 2010.

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 This study was supported in part by Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (No. 21590935) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, and Grants from the Takeda Science Foundation, the Uehara Memorial Foundation, and Fukuda Foundation for Medical Technology.

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PII: S1071-9164(10)00253-8

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.05.029

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 873-879 , November 2010

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