title: Endothelial dysfunction and inflammation after percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: We studied 30 consecutive patients who underwent coronary stenting with respect to postprocedure endothelial dysfunction and levels of pre- and postprocedure cytokines. Patients with severe impairment of flow-mediated dependent dilation, but not flow- mediated independent dilation, had higher concentrations of C-reactive protein before percutaneous coronary intervention (12.9 +/- 20.2 vs 5.6 +/- 13.0 microg/ml, p = 0.04) and 24 hours after stenting (18.8 +/- 20.8 vs 11.8 +/- 20.0 microg/ml, p = 0.05) than patients without severe abnormities of systemic endothelial function. Thus, endothelium-dependent dilation abnormalities were related to the systemic inflammatory state, whereas endothelium-independent dilation abnormalities were not related to the inflammatory status of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine A, Poria Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel.
authors.forename: Arnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Burton E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Harold L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dauerman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein