Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention on the levels of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in the coronary circulation of subjects with coronary artery disease.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on August 07, 2006

Authors

Mahmoud M Ramadan1, Makoto Kodama, Wataru Mitsuma, Masahiro Ito, Takeshi Kashimura, Taruna Ikrar, Satoru Hirono, Yuji Okura, Yoshifusa Aizawa

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, First Department of Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan. amamod@med.niigata-u.ac.jp <amamod@med.niigata-u.ac.jp>

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