Auto-immune activation in severe heart failure patients
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Immune-inflammatory activation in heart failure.
Despite being relatively recent, a growing and significant accumulation of experimental and clinical evidence has been observed that points to a gradual state of immune-inflammatory activation in patients with heart failure (HF). High levels of several cytokines are found in the circulation and cardiac muscle of individuals with HF, and invariably correlate with the severity of the disease. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Heart Failure
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1388-9842
DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)80021-5