Proinflammatory cytokines in cardiac myxomas.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Serum levels of various cytokines were measured in three patients with cardiac myxomas presenting with and without constitutional symptoms, immunological features and elevated plasma levels of interleukin-6. Interleukin-6 but not other cytokines (interleukin-1, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma) relate to immunological features of the patients. Circulating levels of atrial natriuretic peptide correspond to haemodynamic changes but not to the tumour-bearing state itself.
Medical subject headings
- Cytokines
- Heart Neoplasms
- Myxoma