Procollagen III N-Terminal Peptide Predicts Short-Term Prognosis and Cardiac Remodeling in Coronary Heart Disease Patients With Metabolic Syndrome

PIIINP levels rise with increases in age, hs-CRP and body mass index in patients with CHD with MS, and a high level of PIIINP indicates recent deterioration of cardiac remodeling and exercise tolerance and a poor prognosis.