Long-term prognostic significance of pentraxin-3 in patients with acute myocardial infarction: 5-year prospective cohort study

Abstract

Objective: A predictive role of serum Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) for short-term adverse cardiovascular events including mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was reported in recent studies. The aim of the study was to investigate long-term prognostic significance of serum PTX3 in an AMI with 5-year follow-up period in this study.