Atherosclerosis is the thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries that is associated with the formation of atherosclerotic plaques within the arterial intima. Inflammation has an ...
From the Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Germany (D.W.) Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany (D.W.) K. Ley has received research funding for ...
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CRP serves as a marker of inflammation and predicts risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Elevated CRP seems to be effective at identifying risk of future ischemic events in patients with acute ...