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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Invest. 2015 Aug;45(8):860–874. doi: 10.1111/eci.12475

Table 2.

Circulating miRNAs as prognostic biomarkers for cardiovascular disease

Circulating
miRNAs
Outcome parameter Expression
associated with
poor outcome
References
miR-10 Allograft rejection after heart
transplantation
Down-
regulation
[72]
miR-16 LV contractility at 6 months
post-MI
Up-regulation [88]
miR-27a LV contractility at 6 months
post-MI
Up-regulation [88]
miR-29a LVEDV at 90 days post-MI Up-regulation [138]
miR-31 Allograft rejection after heart
transplantation
Up-regulation [72]
miR-34a HF within 1 year post-MI Up-regulation [139]
Mortality or HF within 6 months
post-MI
Up-regulation [89]
LVEDD at 1 year post-MI Up-regulation [139]
LVEDV at 6 months post-MI Up-regulation [89]
miR-92a Allograft rejection after heart
transplantation
Up-regulation [72]
miR-101 LV contractility at 6 months
post-MI
Down-regulation [88]
miR-126 Incident MI within 10 years Up-regulation [140]
miR-133a All-cause mortality within 6
months after ACS
Up-regulation [84]
MACE within 6 months post-MI Up-regulation [85]
miR-133b Early myocardial injury and
recovery after heart
transplantation
Up-regulation [141]
miR-134 Cardiac death or HF within 6
months post-MI
Up-regulation [135]
miR-150 LVEDV post-MI Down-
regulation
[86]
LV contractility at 6 months
post-MI
Down-
regulation
[88]
Survival in PAH Down-
regulation
[73]
miR-155 Cardiac death within 1 year
post-MI
Up-regulation [142]
Allograft rejection after heart
transplantation
Up-regulation [72]
miR-192 HF within 1 year post-MI Up-regulation [139]
miR-194 HF within 1 year post-MI Up-regulation [139]
LVEDD at 1 year post-MI Up-regulation [139]
miR-197 Incident MI within 10 years Down-
regulation
[140]
miR-208b Mortality or HF within 30 days
post-MI
Up-regulation [58]
Mortality or HF within 6 months
post-MI
Up-regulation [89]
LVEDV at 6 months post-MI Up-regulation [89]
All-cause mortality within 6
months after ACS
Up-regulation [84]
miR-223 Incident MI within 10 years Down-
regulation
[140]
miR-328 Cardiac death or HF within 6
months post-MI
Up-regulation [135]
miR-380* Cardiac death within 1 year
post-MI
Up-regulation [142]
miR-499-5p Mortality or HF within 30 days
post-MI
Up-regulation [58]
miR-652 Readmission for HF post-ACS Down-
regulation
[87]
miR-1202 Response to LVAD therapy Up-regulation [71]

ACS, Acute coronary syndrome; HF, heart failure; LV, left ventricle; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume; MACE, major cardiovascular event; MI, myocardial infarction; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension.