Do cytokines enable risk stratification to be improved in NYHA functional class III patients?. Comparison with other potential predictors of prognosis | Zendy

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Do cytokines enable risk stratification to be improved in NYHA functional class III patients?. Comparison with other potential predictors of prognosis

Author(s) -

Robert Kell

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2001.2780

Subject(s) - medicine , proinflammatory cytokine , risk stratification , ejection fraction , heart failure , cardiology , stratification (seeds) , inflammation , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology

Elevated plasma levels of proinflammatory cytokines have been reported in patients with congestive heart failure. The purpose of this study was to assess whether cytokines improve risk stratification in a homogeneous group of NYHA class III patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction <40%.

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