Clinical chemistry
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Multicenter Study
Growth differentiation factor-15 in the early diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain.
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a stress-responsive marker that might aid in the early diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI). ⋯ GDF-15 predicts all-cause mortality in unselected patients with acute chest pain independently of and more accurately than hs-cTnT and BNP. However, GDF-15 does not seem to help in the early diagnosis of AMI.