The possible involvement of interleukin-6 in congestive heart failure in a postmenopausal woman with uterine fibromatosis

• Main Authors: M. Ohta (Author), N. Keira (Author), S. Yoshida (Author), R. Yasuda (Author), Y. Tarumi (Author), H. Tsuchiya (Author), M. Kikai (Author), T. Nomura (Author), T. Tatsumi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IMR Press, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown to contribute to the progression of myocardial damage and dysfunction in congestive heart failure. We report a case of a 53-year old woman with congestive heart failure that may have been caused by IL-6 secreting uterine leiomyoma. The woman developed progressive...