Non-specific immunoadsorption in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms and clinical effects
โ Scribed by Stephan B. Felix; Alexander Staudt
- Book ID
- 116544861
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5273
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## Abstract ## Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate functional effects of immunoadsorption (IA) in patients with chronic nonfamilial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) regarding clinical and humoral markers of heart failure. ## Background: IA has been shown to induce early hemody
Background: Certain cardiac-specific autoantibodies found in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) play a role in mediating myocardial damage and fatal ventricular arrhythmias resulting in sudden cardiac death. Immunoadsorption therapy (IA) is one of the therapeutic tools to remove such autoant