The Medical Research Laboratories, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. ljnoergaard@hotmail.com
Low-grade inflammation has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential usefulness of the inflammatory protein calprotectin as a biomarker in CHF.
Plasma calprotectin was measured in 193 CHF patients with left ventricular function