Impact of preexisting statin use on adhesion molecule expression in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 446-448

  Murphy, Ross T ^a   Foley, J Brendan ^a   Mulvihill, Niall ^a   Crean, Peter ^a   Walsh, Michael J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; STATIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; E-SELECTIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; P-SELECTIN; SYNDROME; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 0035865694     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01400-4     Document Type: Article

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