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Innate inflammation in myocardial perfusion and its implication for heart failure.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2010
Picano Eugenio, Morales Maria Aurora, del Ry Silvia, Sicari Rosa
Abstract excerpt
Heart failure is characterized by a chronic inflammatory status, with high circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines significantly correlated with deterioration of functional capacity, cardiac performance, and coronary flow reserve--the latter occurring even with normal systemic endothelial function. Impaired coronary flow reserve in heart failure is poorly related to systemic inflammation levels and somewhat...
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