Int J Cardiol 2022 Aug 26;361:31-37. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, division of Pediatric Cardiology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, division of Pediatric Cardiology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: To determine the potential prognostic value and clinical correlations of blood biomarkers in a cohort of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).
Methods: In the setting of multicenter prospective research studies TOF patients underwent blood sampling, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and low-dose dobutamine stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. In the blood sample NT-proBNP, GDF-15, Galectin-3, ST-2, DLK-1, FABP4, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-7, MMP-2, and vWF were assessed. Read More