Calcium and C-reactive protein: Hot enough to predict the future?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1465-1467

  Hamm, Christian W ^a   Nef, Holger M ^a   Rolf, Andreas ^a   Mllmann, Helge ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

all cause mortality; coronary artery calcium; coronary events; extended risk assessment; high sensitivity C reactive protein

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GELATINASE B; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; ROSUVASTATIN;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952955671     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.10.044     Document Type: Editorial

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