Irbesartan significantly reduces C reactive protein concentrations after 1 month of treatment in unstable angina

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 670-671

  Biasucci, Luigi M ^a   Lombardi, M ^a   Piro, M ^a   Di Giannuario, G ^a   Liuzzo, G ^a   Crea, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRBESARTAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETRAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644391433     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.036509     Document Type: Article

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