Population
1028 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary PCI
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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IL-6/CRP may mark necrosis and LV impairment post-STEMI PCI; hypothesis-generating, should not yet change practice.
In STEMI patients treated with primary PCI, IL-6 and CRP levels correlate with myocardial necrosis and LV impairment, whereas soluble IL-6 receptor components do not.
Ritschel et al. (2013) studied this question.
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