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Leptin and Soluble Leptin Receptor Changes after Pulmonary Endarterectomy: Relations to Cortisol and Cytokine Network

Publication |
2009

Abstract

Large cardiovascular surgery caused a significant inrease in serum leptin, which demostrated an acute regulation by stress factors, this effect may be secondary to the inflammatory response mediated via cytokine stimulation