Research Article

Pentraxin-3 Predicts Long-Term Cardiac Events in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Table 3

Risk stratification of CHF patients based on increased PTX3 (above the upper limit normal plasma PTX3 level of 3.64 ng/mL).

PTX3 <3.64 ng/mL PTX3 ≥3.64 ng/mL value
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Cardiac events43109<0.001
 Cardiac death22320.038
 Rehospitalization for worsening HF2177<0.001