Therapeutic plasma exchange decreases levels of routinely used cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers.

Therapeutic plasma exchange decreases levels of routinely used cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers.

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) plays a key role in the management of various diseases, from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and Goodpasture's syndrome to cardiac allograft rejection. In many of these disease states cardiac and inflammatory involvement is common and biomarkers are routine...

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Main Authors: Oktay Tutarel, Paulina Golla, Gernot Beutel, Johann Bauersachs, Sascha David, Bernhard M W Schmidt, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Jan T Kielstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3369845?pdf=render

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