C-reactive protein: Not only a marker but also a mediator of myocardial damage following acute myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2813-

  Celik, Turgay ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; DISEASE MARKER; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 72949089496     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp395     Document Type: Letter

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