YKL-40 levels increase with declining ankle-brachial index and are associated with long-term cardiovascular mortality in peripheral arterial disease patients

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8656806	Atherosclerosis	2018	22 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Increased YKL-40 levels are independently associated with poor long-term cardiovascular survival in peripheral arterial disease patients. Furthermore, YKL-40 correlates with patients' ABI in PAD in the absence of mediasclerosis.

Keywords

YKL-40 CHI3L1 Atherosclerosis Peripheral arterial disease Cardiovascular mortality

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YKL-40 levels increase with declining ankle-brachial index and are associated with long-term cardiovascular mortality in peripheral arterial disease patients

Authors

Clemens Höbaus, Maximilian Tscharre, Carsten Thilo Herz, Gerfried Pesau, Thomas Wrba, Renate Koppensteiner, Gerit-Holger Schernthaner,