High-sensitivity C-reactive protein predicts adverse outcomes after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome regardless of GRACE risk score, but not after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein predicts adverse outcomes after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome regardless of GRACE risk score, but not after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Introduction: Atherosclerosis is an active process and the inflammatory component appears to be particularly correlated with the development of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase protein that appears in the circulation in response to inflammatory cytokines. Th...

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Main Authors: Sergio Raposeiras Roubín, Cristina Barreiro Pardal, Filomena Roubín-Camiña, Raymundo Ocaranza Sanchez, Ezequiel Álvarez Castro, Beatriz Paradela Dobarro, Jose María García-Acuña, Pablo Aguiar Souto, Michel Jacquet Hervet, Maria José Castromán, Isabel Arufe, Belén Outes, María Victoria Reino-Maceiras, Emad Abu Assi, José Ramón González-Juanatey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-02-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204913000421

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