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Inflammatory gene polymorphisms and risk of postoperative myocardial infarction after cardiac surgery.
Circulation - 4 Jul 2006
Podgoreanu M V, White W D, Morris R W, Mathew J P, Stafford-Smith M, Welsby I J, Grocott H P, Milano C A, Newman M F, Schwinn D A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The inflammatory response triggered by cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a primary mechanism in the pathogenesis of postoperative myocardial infarction (PMI), a multifactorial disorder with significant inter-patient variability poorly predicted by clinical and procedural factors. We tested the hypothesis that candidate gene polymorphisms in inflammatory pathways contribute to risk...
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