C-reactive protein increase in unstable coronary disease: Cause or effect?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1496-1502

  De Servi, Stefano ^a   Mariani, Matteo ^a   Mariani, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzone, Antonino ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TROPONIN;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPROTEINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TROPONIN T;

EID: 26844544130     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.05.083     Document Type: Review

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