Increased peripheral circulating inflammatory cells and plasma inflammatory markers in patients with variant angina

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 293-297

  Li, Jian Jun ^a   Zhang, Yu Ping ^b   Yang, Ping ^c   Zeng, He Song ^d   Qian, Xue Wen ^a   Zhang, Chao Yang ^a   Zhu, Chen Gang ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Nan, Jin Long ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Changzhi People's Hospital   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Monocyte; Variant angina; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149105500     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3282fd5c4e     Document Type: Article

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