Plasma interleukin-6 levels are increased in coronary artery ectasia

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-519

  Tokgozoglu, Lale ^a   Ergene, Oktay ^b   Kinay, Ozan ^b,c   Nazli, Cem ^a   Hascelik, Gülsen ^a   Hoscan, Yesim ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary; Interleukins

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4944229120     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.5.2005226     Document Type: Article

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