Systemic inflammation in unstable angina is the result of myocardial necrosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1917-1923

  Cusack, Michael R ^a   Marber, Michael S ^a   Lambiase, Pier D ^a   Bucknall, Clifford A ^a   Redwood, Simon R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0037134842     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01899-5     Document Type: Article

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