Beta-blockers are associated with lower C-reactive protein concentrations in patients with coronary artery disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-274

  Jenkins, Nicholas P ^a,c   Keevil, Brian G ^a   Hutchinson, Ian V ^b   Brooks, Nicholas H ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICORANDIL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATENOLOL; BISOPROLOL; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036121658     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)01115-9     Document Type: Article

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