Proinflammatory cytokines in congestive heart failure: correlation with clinical and echocardiographic variables

ABSTRACT

Background: the possibility that cytokines can play a role in the progressive deterioration of left ventricular [LV function has emerged in recent years. To address this issue we 1] further investigated the hypothesis of activation of TNF alpha and IL-6 in patients with congestive heart [failure [CHF], and 2] estimated the clinical and echocardiographic factors for increased of these cytokines in these patients