Introduction: Atherosclerosis is looked upon as an inflammatory disease. The production of proinflammatory markers may indicate activity in this inflammatory state.
Methods: We prospectively evaluated a range of proinflammatory serum parameters in 136 cardiac patients who had previously undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Results: By means of myocardial scintigraphy, an ischemia group (A; n=49) and a group with stable cardiovascular disease without exercise induced ischemia (B; n=87) were distinguished. Risk factors and lipoprotein profile of both groups were comparable. Serum levels of serum C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-6, sTNF-RI, IGF-I, neopterin, serotonin and prolactin did not present any significant difference between the two groups.
Conclusions: We conclude that measurement of these (inflammatory) parameters does not help to delineate post-PCI cardiac patients with and without exercise-induced ischemia.
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