PREDICTIVE VALUE OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AFTER SUCCESSFUL CORONARY-ARTERY STENTING IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA

Authors
GASPARDONE A CREA F VERSACI F TOMAI F PELLEGRINO A CHIARIELLO L GIOFFRE PA
Citation
A. Gaspardone et al., PREDICTIVE VALUE OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AFTER SUCCESSFUL CORONARY-ARTERY STENTING IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA, The American journal of cardiology, 82(4), 1998, pp. 515
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:4<515:PVOCPA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Plasma levels of C-reactive protein were measured 72 hours after succe ssful coronary artery stenting in 76 patients with stable angina pecto ris, At 12-month follow-up, the cumulative event rate was higher in pa tients with abnormal levels of C-reactive protein than that observed i n patients with normal C-reactive protein who were evens free..