Inflammation and Congenital Heart Disease Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
- Hokenek, A. Faruk
- Gursoy, Mete
- Hatemi, Ali Can
- Ozkan, Suleyman
- Ceyran, Hakan
- Salihoglu, Ece
Publication date
January 2015
DOI Publisher
Carden Jennings Publishing Co. Journal
The Heart Surgery ForumAbstract
Background: Increased blood flow may trigger pulmonary arterial wall inflammation, which may influence progression of pulmonary artery hypertension in patients with congenital heart disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate the correlation between preoperative inflammation markers and pulmonary arterial hypertension