Soluble interleukin-2 receptor: is there a role in ischaemic cardiomyopathy?

We believe that sIL-2R levels should be regarded as markers of LV dysfunction independently from its cause. Moreover, we believe that in the current effort to understand and appraise fully the role of inflammatory mechanism in cardiac remodelling and failure, sIL-2R levels should be determined in the active phases of the disease when LV dysfunction ensues, rather than in its advanced phase.