title: Biomarkers of inflammation and cardiac remodeling: the quest of relevant companions for the risk stratification of heart failure patients is still ongoing.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a frequent chronic disease in elderly people and represents a major health and economic burden. The accurate diagnosis of HF and the identification of high risk patients is mandatory to select the appropriate therapy and care. HF is associated to cardiac remodeling and inflammation and to the release of neurohormones. If natriuretic peptides remain the biomarkers of choice for the diagnosis and the prognosis of HF, several biomarkers related to cardiac remodeling and inflammation are available for testing and may add valuable information for the risk estimation of HF patients and for the selection of the most appropriated therapy. Furthermore, the quest for new efficient biomarkers of cardiac remodeling and inflammation is still ongoing and new candidates have been identified for a potential use in daily clinical practices. However, before their potential translation to routine parameters several challenges ranging form the analytical validation to the cost-effectiveness estimation should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Pôle de recherche en Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc and Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. damien.gruson@uclouvain.be
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gruson
authors.forename: Sylvie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Michel F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rousseau
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular / Q000639:trends*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers