Expression of Proinflammatory Factors, Proangiogenic Factors and Endostatin in Patients with Heart Failure and Different Grades of Collateral Circulation Development

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine : Official Organ Wroclaw Medical University
Małgorzata Kobusiak-ProkopowiczAndrzej Mysiak

Abstract

The process of collateral vessel maturation is stimulated by numerous factors affecting the endothelium and smooth muscle cells building the vessel wall. Looking for arteriogenesis stimulating factors means looking for a potential innovative heart failure treatment method in the patients unresponsive to traditional therapies. The purpose of this study was to assess the changes in serum concentrations of pro-inflammatory factor IL-6, growth factors FGF (FGFa, FGFb, FGFbH), HGF, VEGF and endostatin in heart failure patients in relation to the coronary collaterals development stage. This study included 22 patients with chronic heart failure NYHA II or III (mean age 62.5 ± 11.6 years) and 8 control patients (mean age 58.4 ± 10.7 years). Coronary angiography was performed and the presence and grade of collateral circulation was assessed by a four-level scale proposed by Rentrop and Cohen. The level of the studied factors was determined in the blood samples collected during the angiographic procedure. The concentration of IL-6 was significantly higher in the heart failure patients than in the control group (p < 0.001) and in NYHA III vs. NYHA II patients (p < 0.02). Patients with heart failure and collaterals grade 1 or 2 exhibited h...Continue Reading

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