Relationship of C-reactive protein to presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with stable angina pectoris or a pathological exercise test

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-154

  Veselka, Josef ^a   Procházková, Šárka ^a   Duchoová, Radka ^a   Bolomová, Ingrid ^a   Urbanová, Tat'ána ^a   Tesa, David ^a   Honk, Tomáš ^a   Sobel, B E ^a   Maseri, A ^a   Yacoub, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; C reactive protein; Coronary angiography; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036306285     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200205000-00003     Document Type: Article

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