Most of the patients presenting myocardial infarction would not be eligible for intensive lipid-lowering based on clinical algorithms or plasma C-reactive protein

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-150

  Sposito, Andrei C ^a   Alvarenga, Bruno Farah ^b   Alexandre, Alison S ^b   Araújo, Ana Laura Ribeiro ^b   Santos, Simone N ^b   Andrade, Joalbo M ^b   Ramires, Jose A F ^c   Quinaglia e Silva, Jose C ^d   Coelho, Otavio Rizzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE BASE DO DISTRITO FEDERAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algorithms; C reactive protein; Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary artery calcium; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650837420     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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