Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Pleural Fluid

• Published in: Chest Vol. 116; no. 3; pp. 760 - 765
• Main Authors: Cheng, Dong-sheng, Rodriguez, R. Michael, Perkett, Elizabeth A., Rogers, Jeffrey, Bienvenu, Gary, Lappalainen, Urpo, Light, Richard W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Northbrook, IL Elsevier Inc 01.09.1999; American College of Chest Physicians
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Breast Neoplasms - metabolism; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary vessels; Dehydrogenases; Edema; Endothelial Growth Factors - analysis; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Enzymes; Female; Heart failure; Heart Failure - metabolism; Heart surgery; Humans; Hypotheses; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - analysis; Lung Neoplasms - metabolism; Lymphokines - analysis; malignant pleural effusion; Medical sciences; parapneumonic effusion; Patients; Permeability; Pleural effusion; Pleural Effusion - chemistry; Pleural Effusion - etiology; Pleural Effusion, Malignant - chemistry; Pneumology; Proteins; Proteins - analysis; Pulmonary Embolism - metabolism; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Thoracentesis; Tumors; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; Veins & arteries; malignant pleural effusion; LDH; parapneumonic effusion; vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF; pleural effusion; CABG; Human; Vascular endothelium growth factor; Respiratory disease; Etiology; Pleurisy; Biological marker; Pleural disease; Exploration; Diagnosis; Pleural fluid; Comparative study

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of the pleural fluid vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level with the diagnostic category and with the pleural fluid characteristics in a group of 70 patients. The VEGF levels of consecutive patients undergoing therapeutic thoracentes...