Abstract
In a group of patients with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure, significant relations between interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and between levels of both interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha and plasma levels of norepinephrine were observed. The present study also demonstrates that in patients with heart failure, elevated levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 may be present even without cachexia.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Blood Pressure
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Cachexia / physiopathology
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Heart Atria / physiopathology
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Heart Failure / blood*
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Heart Failure / physiopathology
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Hemodynamics*
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Hemoglobins / metabolism
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Humans
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Interleukin-6 / blood*
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Middle Aged
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Norepinephrine / blood
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Severity of Illness Index
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism*
Substances
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Hemoglobins
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Interleukin-6
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Norepinephrine