Circulating matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases levels in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease: Relationship to cardiac functions.

CONCLUSION: Our data may suggest the possible role of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors on myocardial remodeling in congenital heart defects and especially in patients who developed pulmonary hypertension. PMID: 25233500 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology - September 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kılıç Z, Uçar B, Ozdemir G, Colak O, Bal C, Ertuğrul T Tags: Anadolu Kardiyol Derg Source Type: research