Comparison of C-reactive protein levels in patients with coronary artery ectasia versus patients with obstructive coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1303-1306

  Turhan, Hasan ^a   Erbay, Ali Riza ^b   Yasar, Ayse Saatci ^b   Balci, Mustafa ^c   Bicer, Asuman ^b   Yetkin, Ertan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

^c TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 7944230918     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.120     Document Type: Article

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