C-reactive protein elevation and disease activity in patients with coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-408

  Arroyo Espliguero, Ramón ^a   Avanzas, Pablo ^a   Cosín Sales, Juan ^a   Aldama, Guillermo ^a   Pizzi, Carmine ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina; C reactive protein; Coronary artery disease; Inflammation; Plaque complexity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 1642296253     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.12.017     Document Type: Article

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