Instability mechanisms in unstable angina according to baseline serum levels of C-reactive protein: The role of thrombosis, fibrinolysis and atherosclerotic burden

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-247

  Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Biasucci, Luigi M ^a   Biscione, Carmine ^a   Buffon, Antonio ^a   Siviglia, Massimo ^a   Conte, Micaela ^a   Porto, Italo ^a   Graziani, Francesca ^a   Liuzzo, Giovanna ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic burden; C reactive protein; Thrombosis; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ANTIPLASMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PLASMIN; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STENOSIS; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 35349010543     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.073     Document Type: Article

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