Walaa W Aly Author

Research Article Subscription

Tenascin- C: A Promising Marker in Identifying Patients with Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Remodeling

Author(s):

Aziza Ahmed Elsebai, Manal M Abd Al Aziz, Abeer I Abd ElMageed, Wessam ElSayed Saad and Walaa W Aly

Objectives: Our aim was to study serum levels of tenascin-C (TnC ) in patients with pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in order to explore its diagnostic utility for cardiac remodeling among elderly patients admitted at Ain Shams University hospitals, Egypt. Methods: A case control study was conducted on 279 elderly selected from Ain Shams University Hospital. They were classified into 3groups; (Group I): 105 cases suffering from pulmonary hypertension (PH), (Group II):114 cases suffering from systemic hypertension and (Group III): 60 apparently healthy subjects serving as control group. Group I was classified according to WHO classification into 4 classes. ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000270

Abstract HTML PDF