Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2as an Independent Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease
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- 19 October 2000
- journal article
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- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 343 (16) , 1148-1155
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200010193431603
Abstract
Chronic inflammation is believed to increase the risk of coronary events by making atherosclerotic plaques in coronary vessels prone to rupture. We examined blood constituents potentially affected by inflammation as predictors of risk in men with hypercholesterolemia who were enrolled in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study, a trial that evaluated the value of pravastatin in the prevention of coronary events.Keywords
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