Relation of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 to culprit coronary artery plaque size in patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-333

  Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Inaba, Shinji ^a   Nagai, Takayuki ^a   Tatsuno, Hironari ^a   Kazatani, Yukio ^a  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 0037310721     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03162-4     Document Type: Article

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