LGALS3 and hydrops fetalis: In a study of 133 chronic HF patients and 45 decompensated HF patients Tang et al. [9] did not observe any association between plasma concentrations of Gal-3 and echocardiographic findings neither systolic (LVEF, LV end systolic diameter, LV end diastolic diameter, LVmassIndex) nor diastolic (mitral inflow ratio, e’, left atrial volume index).