Interleukin-6 is independently associated with right ventricular function in pulmonary arterial hypertension

BACKGROUND: An elevated serum level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients results in a greater symptom burden and increased mortality; however, the mechanisms underlying these observations remain unclear. Because both pre-clinical and clinical data associate eleva...

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Published in:J Heart Lung Transplant
Main Authors: Prins, Kurt W., Archer, Stephen L., Pritzker, Marc, Rose, Lauren, Weir, E. Kenneth, Sharma, Alok, Thenappan, Thenappan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5854490/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28893516
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2017.08.011
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