Circulating Levels of Biomarkers Appear Immediately Following Heart Transplant, But Diminish After 1 Year

Doctor's Guide -- SAN DIEGO -- September 15, 2010 -- Significantly increased circulating plasma levels of biomarkers for inflammation and oxidative stress, renal function, and thrombosis characterise cardiac-transplant recipients 2 weeks post-surgery, but not at 1 year later, according to research presented here at the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA).