Interleukin-8 as a predictor of acute idiopathic pericarditis recurrences. A pilot study.
State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis
P
Vasileiou
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Costas
C
Tsioufis
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: glaz35@hotmail.com.
George
G
Lazaros
2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Emilia
E
Hadziyannis
State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Alexandros
A
Kasiakogias
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Christodoulos
C
Stefanadis
State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis
I
Kallikazaros
2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios
D
Vassilopoulos
D000208:Acute Disease; D015551:Autoimmunity; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
D015415:Biomarkers; D016209:Interleukin-8
Acute idiopathic pericarditis; Cytokines; Interleukin-8; Recurrent pericarditis