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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC_13(11-12)_352</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2018.352</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Biomarkers in heart failure</article-title>
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<trans-title>Biomarkeri u zatajivanju srca</trans-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0223-4287</contrib-id><name><surname>Bo&#x0161;njak</surname><given-names>Ivica</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-4398</contrib-id><name><surname>Bedekovi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Dra&#x017E;en</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>Klini&#x010D;ki bolni&#x010D;ki centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska</aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>Op&#x0107;a &#x017E;upanijska bolnica Na&#x0161;ice, Na&#x0161;ice, Hrvatska</aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>1</label><institution>University Clinical Centre Osijek</institution>, <addr-line>Osijek</addr-line>, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff4"><label>2</label>Na&#x0161;ice General Hospital, Na&#x0161;ice, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><label>*</label>ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Ivica Bo&#x0161;njak, Klini&#x010D;ki bolni&#x010D;ki centar Osijek, J. Huttlera 4, HR-31 000 Osijek, Croatia. / Phone: +385919227756 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="dribosnjak79@gmail.com">dribosnjak79@gmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub"><month>11</month><year>2018</year></pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<issue>11-12</issue>
<fpage>352</fpage>
<lpage>352</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>28</day><month>10</month><year>2018</year></date><date><day>05</day><month>11</month><year>2018</year></date>
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<copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="translator" xml:lang="HR"><kwd>KLJU&#x010C;NE RIJE&#x010C;I: biomarker</kwd><kwd>zatajivanje srca</kwd><kwd>NT-proBNP</kwd></kwd-group>
<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>KEYWORDS: </title><kwd>biomarker</kwd><kwd>heart failure</kwd><kwd>NT-proBNP</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Over the past few years, we are witnessing a great progress in the treatment of heart failure (HF), as well as in the development of cardiac biomarkers. Intriguing interaction of various mechanisms, involving neurohumoral activation, inflammation, pressure/volume ventricular load, myocardial remodeling and myocardial lesion, lead to heart failure development. Natriuretic peptide testing is commonly used in routine clinical practice. It has a paramount role in the diagnosis and prognosis of HF as well as well-known significance in treatment-guided therapy. Knowing the complexity of HF pathophysiological process, new biomarkers have emerged that can replace the usual ones. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r3"><italic>3</italic></xref>) The aim of this paper is to compare natriuretic peptides, ST2, galectin-3, and highly sensitive troponin. It is reasonable to expect that the future will bring a multibiomarker panel as a necessary tool to improve HF understanding as well as better treatment of HF patients.</p>
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