Persistent Inflammatory Activity in Blood Cells and Artery Tissue from Patients with Previous Bare Metal Stent
The interesting article by Farsky et al. examined the persistence of inflammatory activity after bare metal stent implantation in patients later submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
The authors evidenced a higher systemic expression of the gene that encodes tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in peripheral blood cells, as well as a higher tissue expression of TNF-alpha and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in patients with previous bare metal stent implantation as compared to those of revascularized individuals without previous percutaneous stent placement.
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