Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) is not a marker of the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-318

  Iversen, Kasper ^a   Teisner, Ane ^b   Dalager, Soren ^c   Olsen, Karen Ege ^d   Floridon, Charlotte ^d   Teisner, Børge ^e  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heparin; Pregnancy associated plasma protein a; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS; UTERUS MYOMA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A;

EID: 79651472165     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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