Increased coronary sinus blood temperature: Correlation with systemic inflammation

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 218-223

  Toutouzas, K ^a,b   Drakopoulou, M ^a   Markou, V ^a   Stougianos, P ^a   Tsiamis, E ^a   Tousoulis, D ^a   Stefanadis, C ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Hippokration Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGENESIS; THORAX PAIN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645305715     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01625.x     Document Type: Article

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