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Cardiac release of chemoattractants after ischaemia induced by coronary balloon angioplasty Franz-Josef Neumann, Gert Richardt, Maria Schneider, Ilka Ott, Heide-Marlen Haupt, Harald Tillmanns, Albert Sch6mig, Bernhard Rauch
I Medizinische Klinik, Technische
Universitat, Munchen, Germany F-J Neumann G Richardt M Schneider I Ott H-M Haupt A Schomig
Medizinische
Universitatsklinik III, Ruprecht-KarlsUniversitat, Heidelberg, Germany B Rauch Zentrum fur Innere
Abstract Objective-To investigate the release of chemoattractants after myocardial ischaemia during balloon angioplasty. Design-Sampling of femoral arterial and coronary sinus blood before and immediately after the first balloon inflation during angioplasty. In a study group of 16 patients the balloon was kept expanded for two minutes, whereas in a control group of eight patients the first balloon inflation was brief (
