What role does inflammation play in congestive heart failure?

Chapater 26  Pathophysiology of heart failure.  In:  Hurst’s the Heart [AccessMedicine].
This section includes a section entitled, “Inflammatory Responses: The Inflammatory Hypothesis.”

“Heart Failure/physiopathology”[majr] AND inflammat*
Filters (Limits):  English, Review articles

This search includes the following references:
The role of monocytes and inflammation in the pathophysiology of heart failure.
Wrigley BJ, Lip GY, Shantsila E.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2011 Nov;13(11):1161-71. Epub 2011 Sep 27. Review.
PMID:21952932

Immune modulation in heart failure: past challenges and future hopes.
Flores-Arredondo JH, García-Rivas G, Torre-Amione G.
Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2011 Mar;8(1):28-37. Review.
PMID:21221862

Reviewed JKN 4/14

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