Serum Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor Is Associated with Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Elevated Plasma Brain-Type Natriuretic Peptide Level

• Shu-ichi Fujita,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Suguru Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Daichi Maeda,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Hideaki Morita,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Tomohiro Fujisaka,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Yoshihiro Takeda,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Takahide Ito,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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• Nobukazu Ishizaka

  * E-mail: ishizaka@osaka-med.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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