Antiinflammatory effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-261

  Theodorakis, George N ^a   Flevari, Panagiota ^a   Kroupis, Christos ^a   Adamopoulos, Stamatis ^a   Livanis, Efthimios G ^a   Kostopoulou, Anna ^a   Kolokathis, Fotis ^a   Paraskevaidis, Ioannis A ^a   Leftheriotis, Dionyssios ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CYTOKINES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33745077329     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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