Prospective study of interleukin-6 and the risk of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmia in ICD-recipients-A pilot study

Cytokine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-34

  Streitner, Florian ^a   Kuschyk, Juergen ^a   Veltmann, Christian ^a   Brueckmann, Martina ^a   Streitner, Ines ^a   Brade, Joachim ^a   Neumaier, Michael ^a   Bertsch, Thomas ^b   Schumacher, Burghard ^c   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Nuremberg Clinic Centre   (Germany)

^c Center of Cardiovascular Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Interleukin 6; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 36049042584     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2007.07.187     Document Type: Article

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