Elevated high sensitivity CRP levels in patients with mitral stenosis and left atrial thrombus

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 252-254

  Karthikeyan, Ganesan ^a   Thachil, Ajit ^a   Sharma, Sanjeev ^a   Kalaivani, M ^a   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

High sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP); Homocysteine; Left atrial thrombus; Mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PROCOAGULANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 35349017887     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.081     Document Type: Article

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