Do Interleukin-6 and Tissue Factor Measurements During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Give Additional Insight?
Departments of Pathology (R.H.C.), Medical and Research Technology (R.H.C.), and Medicine (C.P.d.F.), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, and Center for Molecular Tissue Engineering and Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Farmington, Conn (D.K.). Correspondence to Dr R.H. Christenson, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 Wt Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201-1559. E-mail rchristenson{at}umm.edu’ + u + ‘@’ + d + ”//–> Key Words: Editorials echocardiography inflammation interleukins stress A fundamental understanding of the mediators and mechanisms associated with the pathophysiological process of reversible myocardial ischemic injury would be a substantial advancement in our basic understanding of this process and would speed the translation from “bench to bedside.” For example, elucidation of the chemical signals that both indicate the presence and extent of reversible isch
