Relation of inflammatory status to major adverse cardiac events and reverse remodeling in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Background: Inflammatory markers are involved in heart failure (HF) pathophysiology. However, the link between these markers and reverse remodeling as well as major adverse cardiac events (HF death, sudden death, and unplanned cardiac rehospitalizations) in patients who undergo cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has not been evaluated.

Methods And Results: We recorded major adverse cardiac events of 140 patients (on optimized medical therapy, left ventricular ejection fraction 29.

The role of CA 15-3 and MCA monoclonal antibody assays in the detection of primary and recurrent breast cancer.

CA 15-3 and MCA assays were tested in 103 operable patients (preoperative determination) and 100 patients with advanced breast cancer. Normal CA 15-3 and MCA values were determined in a series of 68 healthy women. The negative/positive cut-off was set at 28.