Quantifying inflammation using interleukin-6 for improved phenotyping and risk stratification in acute heart failure.
Eleni MichouDesiree WusslerMaria BelkinCornelia SimmenIvo StrebelAlbina NowakNikola KozhuharovSamyut ShresthaPedro Lopez-AyalaZaid SabtiConstantin MorkMatthias DieboldTiffany PéquignotKatharina RentschArnold von EckardsteinDanielle M GualandroTobias BreidthardtChristian MuellerPublished in: European journal of heart failure (2023)
An unexpectedly high percentage of patients with AHF have subclinical systemic inflammation as quantified by interleukin-6, which seems to contribute to AHF phenotype and to the risk of death.