Systemic vascular inflammation plays multiple maladaptive roles which contribute to the
progression and destabilization of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). These …

Recent findings have deeply changed the current view of coronary heart disease, going
beyond the simplistic model of atherosclerosis as a passive process involving cholesterol …

Atherosclerosis, formerly considered a bland lipid storage disease, actually involves an
ongoing inflammatory response. Recent advances in basic science have established a …

In 1998, the American Heart Association convened Prevention Conference V to examine
strategies for the identification of high-risk patients who need primary prevention. Among the …

This article has been copublished in the April issue of Clinical Chemistry (Volume 53,
Number 4, 2007). 1 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA. 2 …

Conclusions...... 1025 V. Hospital Discharge and Post–Hospital Discharge Care...... 1025 A.
Medical Regimen...... 1026 1. Long-Term Medical Therapy...... 1026 B. Postdischarge Follow …

Atherosclerosis is nowadays generally accepted as an inflammatory disease. It is known that
local inflammation occurs in the formation the plaques, as macrophages and other immuno …

OBJECTIVES We evaluated C-reactive protein (CRP) and troponin T (TnT) for predicting six-
month cardiac risk in patients with unstable angina. BACKGROUND Troponin T is predictive …

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to compare the prognostic value of an abnormal
troponin level derived from studies of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary …

The classical acute-phase protein, C-reactive protein (CRP), is an exquisitely sensitive
systemic marker of disease with broad clinical utility for monitoring and differential diagnosis …