Population
30 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and 15 healthy control subjects
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May link angiogenesis markers to myocardial texture in DCM; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Increased serum VEGF and IL-13 levels correlate with alterations in myocardial texture assessed by ultrasound in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, suggesting a link between angiogenesis and myocardial interstitial fibrosis.
Ohtsuka et al. (2005) studied this question.
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