High-sensitivity CRP may be a marker of HDL dysfunction and remodeling in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Abstract In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), further increasing the level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C) as an add-on to statins cannot reduce cardiovascular risk. And it has been reported that HDL functional metric—cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) may be a better...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Tang, Ling Mao, Jin Chen, Tianhua Zhang, Shuwei Weng, Xin Guo, Jie Kuang, Bilian Yu, Daoquan Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90638-0