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Clinical implications of systemic inflammatory response syndrome following thoracic aortic stent-graft placement

Holger Eggebrecht, Rajendra H. Mehta, Huguette Metozounve +4 more2008Journal of Endovascular TherapyJournal Article
CardiovascularHematologicalImmune/Innate

Abstract

Postprocedural inflammatory responses characterized by elevations of CRP, fibrinogen, D-dimers, and WBC are observed in all patients undergoing TEVAR. Our data indicate that this response is more pronounced in patients with acute aortic pathology and those receiving >1 stent-graft.

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Key Biomarkers

CRPD-dimersFibrinogenWBC

Symptom Clusters

Postprocedural inflammationSystemic inflammatory response