Predictive value of C-reactive protein in patients with unstable angina pectoris undergoing coronary artery stent implantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 92-95

  Versaci, Francesco ^a   Gaspardone, Achille ^a   Tomai, Fabrizio ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a   Chiariello, Luigi ^a   Gioffrè, Pier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 0033958453     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00612-8     Document Type: Article

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