Percutaneous transvenous mitral valvulotomy normalizes elevated circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 in mitral stenosis with heart failure

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Apr 15;91(8):1018-20, A8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00131-0.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization*
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / blood
  • Heart Failure / complications*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / blood*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / blood*
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Mitral Valve*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / analysis*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications

Substances

  • Interleukin-6
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha