Carotid surgery affects plasma kynurenic acid concentration: a pilot study.

Piotr Terlecki,Paulina Pawlik,Adam Iwaniuk,Tomasz Kocki,Stanisław Przywara,Marek Iłżecki,Tomasz Zubilewicz,Michał Kowalczyk,Jolanta Parada-Turska,Wojciech Dabrowski

Carotid surgery affects plasma kynurenic acid concentration: a pilot study.

2014

Piotr Terlecki
Paulina Pawlik
Adam Iwaniuk
Tomasz Kocki
Stanisław Przywara
Marek Iłżecki
Tomasz Zubilewicz
Michał Kowalczyk
Jolanta Parada-Turska
Wojciech Dabrowski

Background An increase in plasma kynurenic acid (KYNA) concentration has been observed following surgery, inflammation, and cerebral pathologies. The aim of the present study was to analyze the changes in plasma KYNA concentration in patients undergoing carotid surgery (CS).

Keywords:

Inflammation
Endarterectomy
Carotid surgery
Angioplasty
Kynurenic acid
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Medicine
Cardiology
in patient
carotid arteries

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