A new prognostic-predictor marker of cardiovascular disease for obstructive sleep apnea: pentraxin 3

Year 2010, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, - , 01.12.2010

Asiye Kanbay Hakan Buyukoglan Sema Oymak Ramazan Demir İnci Gulmez

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A new prognostic-predictor marker of cardiovascular disease for obstructive sleep apnea: pentraxin 3

Abstract

Since high PTX3 level is a sign of vascular inflamma- tion which is the trigger point for many diseases that may occur secondary to OSAS, might also be a good marker of cardiovascular disease in OSAS. Screening of PTX3 level in OSAS patients may be a useful marker for evaluating the prognosis of OSAS. To address this hy- pothesis, further prospective studies are warranted to evaluate the role of PTX3 in patients with OSAS

Keywords

pentraxin 3, cardiovascular disease, ob

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