Local Generation of C-Reactive Protein in Diseased Coronary Artery Venous Bypass Grafts and Normal Vascular Tissue
- 23 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 108 (12) , 1428-1431
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000092184.43176.91
Abstract
Background— Venous coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) are prone to accelerated atherosclerosis. In atherosclerotic diseases, serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels have become an important diagno...Keywords
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