Background: Pericardial fluid (PF) contains cells, proteins, and inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, and matrix metalloproteinases. To date, we lack an adequate understanding of the inflammatory response that acute injury elicits in the pericardial space.
Objective: To characterize the inflammatory profile in the pericardial space acutely after ischemia/reperfusion.
JACC Basic Transl Sci
December 2023