Inflammatory activity increases with haemoglobin A1c in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Gustavsson, Carl Gunnar ^a   Agardh, Carl David ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Diabetes mellitus; HbA1c; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 72049129942     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430902822999     Document Type: Article

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