Journal article
The use of a cytokine panel to define the long-term risk stratification of heart failure/death in patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if a cytokine panel could be informative regarding subsequent heart failure(HF)/death.
DESIGN AND METHODS: In 216 subjects presenting with chest pain to an emergency department in 1996, EDTA plasma (-70 degrees C) was thawed for IL-6, MCP-1, IL-10, VEGF, EGF measurement.
Authors
Kavsak PA; Newman AM; Ko DT; MacRae AR; Jaffe AS
Journal
Clinical Biochemistry, Vol. 43, No. 4-5, pp. 505–507
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.11.004
ISSN
0009-9120