Why the study?
Can T-lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood differentiate between etiologies of symptomatic congestive heart failure?
Population
58 patients with symptomatic congestive heart failure and 16 normal controls.
Comparison
Measurement of T-lymphocyte subsets in… vs Comparison between different heart failure…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May aid noninvasive differentiation of dilated cardiomyopathy in heart failure; leaves open prospective validation before diagnostic adoption.
Can T-lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood differentiate between etiologies of symptomatic congestive heart failure?
An elevated CD4+2H4+/CD8+CD11- ratio in peripheral blood may serve as a useful noninvasive marker to differentiate dilated cardiomyopathy from myocarditis and coronary heart disease.
Kanda et al. (1990) studied this question.
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