Inflammatory biomarker kinetics after mechanical and bioprosthetic valve replacement
Introduction: valve disease is an important cause of heart failure. There is a direct relationship between valve deterioration and the patient’s inflammatory status and cytokines: interleukin-6, interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor, and C-reactive protein, involved in this major state of inflammatio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Médica Brasileira
2015-02-01
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Series: | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302015000100016&lng=en&tlng=en |