Clinical value of heart type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) in acute pulmonary thromboembolism


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Altuğ T., Şentürk A., Alışık M., Biçer C.

JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND MEDICINE, vol.5, no.3, pp.861-867, 2022 (TRDizin)

Abstract

Introduction: To investigate factors which could possibly be prognostic, to decide on thrombolytic therapy as soon as possible, and to determine the prognostic value of H-FABP, which is a new marker, in pulmonary thromboembolism. Material and Method: In our study, a patient group, consisting of 58 patients diagnosed with PTE and a control group of 30 healthy individuals were investigated. According to their risk of mortality, patients were analyzed in three groups: high, moderate and low. The moderate mortality risk groups were categorized into two groups according to PAP and patients with PAP≥45 mmHg were “Group 1” and PAP