Elevated levels of C-reactive protein at discharge in patients with unstable angina predict recurrent instability

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 855-860

  Biasucci, Luigi M ^a   Liuzzo, Giovanna ^b   Grillo, Rita L ^a   Caligiuri, Giuseppina ^b   Rebuzzi, Antonio G ^b   Buffon, Antonino ^b   Summaria, Francesco ^b   Ginnetti, Francesca ^b   Fadda, Giovanni ^a   Maseri, Attilio ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Univ Cattolica del S Cuore ^*

Author keywords

Angina; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0033596685     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.7.855     Document Type: Article

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