The Prognostic Value of C-Reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A Protein in Severe Unstable Angina

Abstract

Elevation of the sensitive acute-phase proteins C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein at the time of hospital admission predicts a poor outcome in patients with unstable angina and may reflect an important inflammatory component in the pathogenesis of this condition.

Keywords

Unstable anginaMedicineC-reactive proteinPathogenesisInflammationAcute-phase proteinAmyloid (mycology)Serum Amyloid A ProteinSerum amyloid AAcute coronary syndromeInternal medicineStable anginaCardiologyPathologyCoronary heart diseaseMyocardial infarction

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Year: 1994
Type: article
Volume: 331
Issue: 7
Pages: 417-424
Citations: 2332
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                                    Giovanna Liuzzo, 
                                
                                    Luigi M. Biasucci, 
                                
                                    J. Ruth Gallimore
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1994). 
                            The Prognostic Value of C-Reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A Protein in Severe Unstable Angina. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 331
                            (7)
                            , 417-424.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199408183310701
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199408183310701