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      Endotoxin and immune activation in chronic heart failure: a prospective cohort study.

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          Immune activation in patients with chronic heart failure may be secondary to endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) action. We investigated the hypothesis that altered gut permeability with bacterial translocation and endotoxaemia would be increased in patients with oedema secondary to congestive heart failure.

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          Journal
          Lancet
          Lancet (London, England)
          Elsevier BV
          0140-6736
          0140-6736
          May 29 1999
          : 353
          : 9167
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
          Article
          S0140-6736(98)09286-1
          10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09286-1
          10359409
          a9bfe619-9d0c-4bf2-9f30-0d25ca8c2d9c
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