Extracellular matrix collagen biomarker levels in patients who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy

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Zengin A., Kalkan R., Aydin K. Y., OLGUN YILDIZELİ Ş., MUTLU B., Karakoc A. Z., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY, vol.63, no.4, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 63 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2023
• Doi Number: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad106
• Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE
• Keywords: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary endarterectomy, matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9, METALLOPROTEINASES, HYPERTENSION, TIMP-1
• Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The role of extracellular matrix collagen biomarkers in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is not well known. Our goal was to investigate the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 protein levels in patients with CTETH.