Gene polymorphisms and cytokine plasma levels as predictive factors of complications after cardiopulmonary bypass

Our data suggest that focused genetic testing of the IL6-572G>C and IL10-592C>A single nucleotide polymorphisms might be a tool for identifying patients at the highest risk of poor tolerance to the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass and for implementing strategies to mitigate it, provided the generalization of these tests makes them reasonably affordable and thus favorably shifts their cost-to-benefit ratio.