Association of inflammatory biomarkers and cardiac troponin I with multifocal activation of coronary artery tree in the setting of non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Zairis, Michael N ^a,b   Lyras, Anastassios G ^a   Bibis, George P ^a   Patsourakos, Nikolaos G ^a   Makrygiannis, Stamatis S ^a   Kardoulas, Alexander D ^a   Glyptis, Markos P ^a   Prekates, Athanasios A ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a   Foussas, Stefanos G ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cardiac troponin I; Coronary angiography; Inflammation; Non ST elevation acute myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN I;

EID: 23944439875     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.01.039     Document Type: Article

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