TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between exercise capacity, endothelial progenitor cells and cytochemokines in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation
AU - Cesari, Francesca
AU - Sofi, Francesco
AU - Caporale, Roberto
AU - Capalbo, Andrea
AU - Marcucci, Rossella
AU - Macchi, Claudio
AU - Lova, Raffaele Molino
AU - Cellai, Tommaso
AU - Vannucci, Mauro
AU - Gensini, Gian Franco
AU - Abbate, Rosanna
AU - Gori, Anna Maria
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - No data are available about the possible role of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), cytochemokines and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in determining a different response to short period of cardiologic rehabilitation (CR), as measured by the improvement of exercise capacity. In a population of 86 cardiac surgery patients, we evaluated the numbers of EPCs, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6,IL-8, IL-10, IL-Ira), hs-C-reactive protein (CRP), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and NT-proBNP before (Tl ),and after 15 days of CR (T2). EPCs were measured by flow cytometry, and the exercise capacity was measured at T1 andT2 by using the six-minute walk test (6MWT).At T2, a significant increase of 6MWT (p
AB - No data are available about the possible role of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), cytochemokines and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in determining a different response to short period of cardiologic rehabilitation (CR), as measured by the improvement of exercise capacity. In a population of 86 cardiac surgery patients, we evaluated the numbers of EPCs, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6,IL-8, IL-10, IL-Ira), hs-C-reactive protein (CRP), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and NT-proBNP before (Tl ),and after 15 days of CR (T2). EPCs were measured by flow cytometry, and the exercise capacity was measured at T1 andT2 by using the six-minute walk test (6MWT).At T2, a significant increase of 6MWT (p
KW - Cardiac rehabilitation
KW - Cytochemokines
KW - Endothelial progenitor cells
KW - Exercise capacity
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U2 - 10.1160/TH08-10-0644
DO - 10.1160/TH08-10-0644
M3 - Article
C2 - 19277414
AN - SCOPUS:62749165363
VL - 101
SP - 521
EP - 526
JO - Thrombosis and Haemostasis
JF - Thrombosis and Haemostasis
SN - 0340-6245
IS - 3
ER -