Usefulness of the plasma branched-chain amino acid/aromatic amino acid ratio for predicting future cardiac events in patients with heart failure
Hiroaki Hiraiwa, Takahiro Okumura, Toru Kondo, Toshiaki Kato, S. Kazama, Toshikazu Ishihara, Etsuo Iwata, Masafumi Shimojo, Sayano Kondo, Soichiro Aoki, Yasunori Kanzaki, Daisuke Tanimura, Hiroaki Sano, Yoshifumi Awaji, Sumio Yamada, Toyoaki Murohara
Topics & Concepts
ValineMedicineInternal medicineHeart failureCardiologyAromatic amino acidsPhenylalanineBranched-chain amino acidIsoleucineAmino acidLeucineEndocrinologyBiochemistryChemistryMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesMuscle metabolism and nutritionCardiovascular and exercise physiology