Understanding Biomarkers in Cardiology Volume II
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cells of the Cardiovascular System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 October 2023) | Viewed by 8256
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heart failure; comorbidities; biomarkers; pharmacotherapy; exercise capacity; quality of life
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of mortality worldwide, causing more than 17 million deaths each year. Heart failure alone is affecting an estimated 26 million people worldwide. Biomarker support allows for prompt and accurate help in diagnosis and prognosis in several clinical settings in cardiology. For example, the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction requires additional findings beyond morphological signs of structural heart disease; in particular, elevated levels of B natriuretic peptides. The ruling-out of acute myocardial infarction is one of the major challenges in emergency departments. Electrocardiography and cardiac troponin form the standard diagnostic tools in approaching patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, even though novel biomarker strategies may help in reaching a clinical decision faster than using troponin or in reaching prognostic assessments. Novel assays are steadily developed, improving the sensitivity, as in the case of N terminals pro BNP and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin.
The first Special Issue showed the importance of a deeper comprehension of this topic. Accordingly, this second Special Issue aims to publish novel data from biomarker research in the broadest sense in populations of interest in cardiology, from coronary disease to cardio-oncology and heart failure over to genetic disorders and systemic diseases such as amyloidosis. We invite all scientists working on biomarkers in cardiology to participate in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Stephan Von Haehling
Dr. Tania Garfias-Veitl
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiology
- biomarker
- heart failure
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiotoxicity
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