American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 4 , Pages 476-481, 15 February 2009

Usefulness of Serum Cathepsin L as an Independent Biomarker in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

  • Yingxian Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Xiangping Li, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617-525-4358; or 86-139-7-487-9019 (X. Li); fax: 617-525-4380
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  • Daoquan Peng, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Zheng Tan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Hongmin Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Yingnan Qing, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Yanqiong Xue, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Guo-Ping Shi, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617-525-4358; or 86-139-7-487-9019 (X. Li); fax: 617-525-4380

Received 21 August 2008; received in revised form 2 October 2008; accepted 2 October 2008. published online 19 December 2008.

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 This study was supported in part by Grant 03SSY3080 from the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan, Hunan, China (to Dr. Li); Grant 0840118N from the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas (to Dr. Shi); and Grants HL60942, HL67283, and HL81090 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (to Dr. Shi).

PII: S0002-9149(08)01887-0

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.10.011

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 4 , Pages 476-481, 15 February 2009

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