C-Reactive Protein and secondary prevention of coronary events

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-52

  Biasucci, L M ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Ischemic heart disease; Major coronary events; Risk; Startification; Troponins

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRAVASTATIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN;

ANGINA;

EID: 0035885026     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00558-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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