Interleukin-8 as a predictor of acute idiopathic pericarditis recurrences. A pilot study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Vasileiou, Panagiotis ^a   Tsioufis, Costas ^b   Lazaros, George ^b   Hadziyannis, Emilia ^b   Kasiakogias, Alexandros ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b   Kallikazaros, Ioannis ^a   Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute idiopathic pericarditis; Cytokines; Interleukin 8; Recurrent pericarditis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLCHICINE; IBUPROFEN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACUTE IDIOPATHIC PERICARDITIS; ADULT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900626149     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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