Marinescu, M.C.; Oprea, V.D.; Munteanu, S.N.; Nechita, A.; Tutunaru, D.; Nechita, L.C.; Romila, A. Carbohydrate Antigen 125 (CA 125): A Novel Biomarker in Acute Heart Failure. Diagnostics2024, 14, 795.
Marinescu, M.C.; Oprea, V.D.; Munteanu, S.N.; Nechita, A.; Tutunaru, D.; Nechita, L.C.; Romila, A. Carbohydrate Antigen 125 (CA 125): A Novel Biomarker in Acute Heart Failure. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 795.
Marinescu, M.C.; Oprea, V.D.; Munteanu, S.N.; Nechita, A.; Tutunaru, D.; Nechita, L.C.; Romila, A. Carbohydrate Antigen 125 (CA 125): A Novel Biomarker in Acute Heart Failure. Diagnostics2024, 14, 795.
Marinescu, M.C.; Oprea, V.D.; Munteanu, S.N.; Nechita, A.; Tutunaru, D.; Nechita, L.C.; Romila, A. Carbohydrate Antigen 125 (CA 125): A Novel Biomarker in Acute Heart Failure. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 795.
Abstract
Heart failure is a global major healthcare problem with millions of hospitalizations annually and with a very high mortality. There is an increased interest in finding new and reliable biomarkers for the diagnostication, prognostication and therapeutical guidance of patients hospitalized for acute heart failure. There is data to sustain the role of CA 125, a worldwide used marker of ovarian cancer, in patients with heart failure. Several studies have shown links between CA 125 levels and congestion seen in acute heart failure, high mortality and readmission rates at 6 months follow up after discharge from acute heart failure and also a role of CA 125 in the guidance of heart failure therapy. There are also clinical trials that showed that several particularities of CA 125 make it even better than NTpro BNP ( a classical and more utilised marker of heart failure) in several scenarios of acute heart failure.
Keywords
acute heart failure; CA 125; NTpro BNP
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
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