Cardiovascular Disease
C-reactive protein contributes to hypercoagulable state in coronary artery disease
Published in Blood Weekly, February 16th, 2006
Recent research from Australia notes, "Elevated plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels predict coronary events, but it is unclear whether CRP plays a role in thrombosis associated with these events. We investigated tissue factor (TF) induction by CRP on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with coronary disease."
"PBMC from 35 patients with stable angina (SA) in study 1, 10 male patients with SA, 10 with unstable angina (UA) and 10 matched controls in study 2, and...
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