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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2026

Uromodulin as a genetically anchored biomarker stratifies time to valve intervention in aortic regurgitation.

Emily Ghanbari, Anastasiia Diagel, Elisabeth Strässler, Anna Sannino, Nicolle Kränkel, Markus Reinthaler, Ulf Landmesser, Ursula Rauch-Kröhnert, Zhifen Chen

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Emily GhanbariDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Anastasiia DiagelDepartment of Cardiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Elisabeth SträsslerDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Anna SanninoDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Nicolle KränkelDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Markus ReinthalerDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Ulf LandmesserDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Ursula Rauch-Kröhnert *Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, German Heart Center of Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Zhifen Chen *Department of Cardiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.

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Abstract

Background: Aortic regurgitation (AR) frequently remains asymptomatic for prolonged periods, with guideline recommendations for intervention largely guided by imaging-based assessment of left ventricular remodeling. While renal dysfunction has been linked to adverse outcomes in AR, prior studies have predominantly focused on advanced disease stages and post-interventional outcomes, with limited data on pre-interventional progression, offering limited insight into pre-interventional disease progression or biologically informed approaches to risk stratification. Methods: We investigated renal biomarkers in individuals with AR from the UK Biobank ( Results: Among patients with AR, higher circulating UMOD levels were independently associated with a lower risk of subsequent AVR (adjusted HR per SD 0.57, 95% CI 0.34-0.98; Conclusions: These findings identify uromodulin as a genetically anchored, kidney-specific biomarker associated with pre-interventional progression and timing of valve intervention in AR. Our study shifts the renal-AR paradigm from post-operative risk modification toward a mechanistically grounded model of tubular-driven disease progression, with implications for earlier risk stratification and surgical referral.

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aortic regurgitation (AR)aortic valve replacement (AVR)biomarkerrisk stratificationUMOD gene

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PMID42222106
PMCPMC13216015

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