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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025

Prognostic significance of serum galectin-3 in predicting cardiovascular outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

Yeon-Jik Choi, Suk Min Seo

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Yeon-Jik ChoiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center and Cardiology Division, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Suk Min SeoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center and Cardiology Division, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

Background: Galectin-3 is a well-established biomarker on the predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure. Its pathophysiologic association with inflammation, cell proliferation, and fibrogenesis may implicate serum galectin-3 as a predictor of clinical outcomes in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES). The aim of this study was to examine the prognostic value of the galectin-3 level in patients with CAD who underwent PCI with DES. Methods: A total of 939 patients undergoing successful PCI with DES were consecutively enrolled between January 2007 and December 2009. The serum galectin-3 level was measured, classified into two groups according to the median galectin-3 level (9.52 ng/ml, interquartile range 7.31-12.81), and compared with the composite of all-cause mortality, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke. Results: The median follow-up duration was 997 days (interquartile range 766-1,264 days). The high galectin-3 group had a significantly higher incidence of all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, and composite of all-cause mortality, non-fatal MI, and stroke. High galectin-3 was a significant independent predictor of the composite of all-cause mortality, non-fatal MI, and stroke (adjusted hazard ratio 1.670, 95% confidence interval 1.014-2.751, Conclusion: Our data suggest that serum galectin-3 is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing PCI with DES.

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coronary artery diseasedrug-eluting stentsgalectin-3percutaneous coronary interventionpredictor

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PMCPMC12310497

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