Does high-sensitivity C-reactive protein add prognostic value to the TIMI-Risk Score in individuals with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 124-128

  Correia, Luis C L ^c   Lima, José C ^a   Rocha, Mário S ^a   D'Oliveira Jr , Argemiro ^b   Pericles Esteves J ^a  

^a Portuguese Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Medical School of Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; C reactive protein; TIMI Risk Score; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

ANGINA;

EID: 33750072304     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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