Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion of Patients with Inflammatory Pericardial Disease

• Main Authors: Konstantinos Karatolios (Author), Rainer Moosdorf (Author), Bernhard Maisch (Author), Sabine Pankuweit (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background. The role of inflammatory and angiogenic cytokines in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion still remains uncertain. Methods. We assessed pericardial and serum levels of VEGF, bFGF, IL-1β and TNF-α by ELISA in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion (PE) of autoreactive...