The level of hs-CRP in coronary artery ectasia and its response to statin and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ozbay, Yilmaz ^a   Akbulut, Mehmet ^a   Balin, Mehmet ^a   Kayancicek, Hidayet ^a   Baydas, Adil ^a   Korkmaz, Hasan ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; PERINDOPRIL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; BLOOD; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOASSAY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SIMVASTATIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846659761     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: 14661861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/89649     Document Type: Article

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