C1QTNF1 and congestive heart failure: The level of CTRP1 in serum is increased in patients with coronary artery diseases (Shen et al., 2014; Tang et al., 2015; Wang H. et al., 2016), hypertension (Jeon et al., 2008; Su et al., 2019), and congestive heart failure (Yang et al., 2017).