Serum Levels of Soluble ICAM-1 in Children with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

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Oguz M. M., OĞUZ A. D., Sanli C., Cevik A.

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, vol.41, no.2, pp.159-164, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 41 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.14503/thij-12-3012
  • Journal Name: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.159-164
  • Keywords: Biological markers, blood, hypertension, pulmonary/blood/diagnosis/etiology, intercellular adhesion molecule-1/blood, prospective studies, cross-sectional, CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE, ADHESION MOLECULES, CELL
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This prospective cross-sectional study attempted to determine both the usefulness of the serum intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) as a biomarker for pulmonary artery hypertension secondary to congenital heart disease and the nature of this marker's association with catheter angio graphic findings.