Serum Cytokines in Young Pediatric Patients with Congenital Cardiac Shunts and Altered Pulmonary Hemodynamics

• Main Authors: Leína Zorzanelli (Author), Nair Yukie Maeda (Author), Mariana Meira Clavé (Author), Vera Demarchi Aiello (Author), Marlene Rabinovitch (Author), Antonio Augusto Lopes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objective. Inflammation is central in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension. We investigated how serum cytokines correlate with clinical features, hemodynamics, and lung histology in young patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital cardiac shunts. Design. Pro...