Inflammation in ischaemic heart disease
- 27 April 1996
- Vol. 312 (7038) , 1049-1050
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7038.1049
Abstract
Mendall et al studied 303 men aged 50-69 years selected from general practice registers3 and found that the prevalence of indirect evidence of ischaemic heart disease and a history of claudication (together with age, smoking, chronic bronchitis, and most traditional cardiovascular risk factors) increased progressively as blood concentrations of C reactive protein rose. This correlation between C reactive protein and traditional risk factors for ischaemic heart disease may influence prognosis in the long term by favouring the development of atherosclerosis, but the prognostic value of C reactive protein might also result from an increased incidence and worse outcome of …Keywords
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