Is endothelial dysfunction a marker of systemic response to the cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure?
ED is not an independent predictor of CRT response, but it is able to intercept the systemic effects of CRT and is an affordable marker of response to CRT, especially in patients unable to perform the 6MWT.
C-kit positivity was observed in the mitotic, proliferating and also dysplastic hepatic cells. These results suggest that c-kit expression may be used as an early diagnostic indicator for HBV induced HCC.