Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 106145, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/106145
Clinical Study

The Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Interleukin-6 in Patients with Isolated Coronary Artery Ectasia

Mustafa Aydin,1 Ishak Ozel Tekin,2 Sait Mesut Dogan,1 Nesligul Yildirim,1 Mehmet Arasli,2 Muhammet Rasit Sayin,1 and Ziyaettin Aktop1

1Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Kozlu, 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey
2Department of Immunology, Zonguldak Karaelams Univerisity, Kozlu, 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey

Received 24 October 2008; Accepted 15 April 2009

Academic Editor: Charles Larry Campbell

Copyright © 2009 Mustafa Aydin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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