IMPAIRMENT OF AORTIC ELASTIC PROPERTIES AND ELEVATED CIRCULATING LEVELS OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA IN SUBJECTS WITH REPAIRED COARCTATION OF AORTA

Conclusions Our findings suggest that patients with repaired CoA have persistently impaired aortic elastic properties and elevated levels of IL-6 and TGF-b compared to healthy age- and sex-matched control subjects.

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 67; no. 13; p. 2336
Main Authors Brili, Styliani V., Antonopoulos, Alexis, Oikonomou, Evangelos, Kalampogias, Aimilios, Mourouzis, Konstantinos, Mavroudeas, Symeon, Zaromytidou, Marina, Ekonomou, Evangelos K., Siasos, Gerasimos, Nihoyannopoulos, Petros, Tousoulis, Dimitris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 05.04.2016
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Coronary vessels
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Summary:Conclusions Our findings suggest that patients with repaired CoA have persistently impaired aortic elastic properties and elevated levels of IL-6 and TGF-b compared to healthy age- and sex-matched control subjects.
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ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(16)32337-3