| Literature DB >> 15135713 |
John T Parissis1, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Charalambos Antoniades, George Kostakis, Antonios Rigas, Stamos Kyrzopoulos, Efstathios Iliodromitis, Dimitrios Kremastinos.
Abstract
This randomized, placebo-controlled trial showed that levosimendan administration causes a significant reduction of circulating proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 and soluble apoptosis mediators, such as soluble Fas and Fas ligand in patients with decompensated heart failure. These immunomodulatory effects may lead to improvement of symptoms and echocardiographic markers of cardiac contractile performance in these patients.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15135713 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.073
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778