Percutaneous transvenous mitral valvulotomy normalizes elevated circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor-⍺ and interleukin-6 in mitral stenosis with heart failure - 28/08/11

Chi-Jen Chang, MD ^{a, ⁎} , Lung-A.n Hsu, MD ^a, Cheng-Wen Chiang, MD ^e, Y.u-Shien Ko, MD, PhD ^a, Lai-Chu See, PhD ^c, Yung-Chi Shen, MS ^b, Y.u-Lin Ko, MD, PhD ^a, Chi-Tai Kou, MD ^a, Ying-Shiung Lee, MD ^a, Jong-Hwei S Pang, PhD ^d

^a First Cardiovascular Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 

^b Department of Oncology and Hemotology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 

^c Department of Public Health, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan 

^d Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan 

^e Division of Cardiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 

^*Dr. Chang’s address is: First Cardiovascular Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Fu-Shin Road no. 5, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan 333.