title: Correlation between Plasma Level of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 and Acute Aortic Dissection.
abstract: To investigate the potential association between monocyte chemotactic protein 1(MCP-1)in plasma and acute aortic dissection(AAD).
  
  
  
  A total of 110 patients with Stanford type A AAD who had received emergent surgical treatment in Xiangya hospital from September 2011 to September 2014 were enrolled in as the study group;meanwhile,110 patients with simple hypertension who had received treatment in department of cardiology were chosen as the control group. The plasma level of MCP-1 was measured and then compared between these two groups.
  
  
  
  The plasma level of MCP-1 in the study group was(257.79±86.52)pg/ml,which was significantly higher than that in control group [(136.57±48.84)pg/ml](P<0.001).
  
  
  
  There may be a correlation between plasma MCP-1 level and AAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,Xiangya Hospital,Central South University,Changsha 410008,China.
authors.forename: Fan-Yan
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,Xiangya Hospital,Central South University,Changsha 410008,China.
authors.forename: Zi-Hou
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,Xiangya Hospital,Central South University,Changsha 410008,China.
authors.forename: Hai-He
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,Xiangya Hospital,Central South University,Changsha 410008,China.
authors.forename: Guo-Qiang
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2