Systemic inflammatory response in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: High-sensitive C-reactive protein is associated with progressive luminal obstruction

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2000, Pages

  Pethig, Klaus ^a   Heublein, Bernd ^a   Kutschka, Ingo ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Inflammation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 17944394160     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.102.suppl_3.iii-233     Document Type: Article

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