American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 99, Issue 7 , Pages 879-884 , 1 April 2007

Inflammatory Markers, Angiographic Severity of Coronary Artery Disease, and Patient Outcome

  • Rishi Sukhija, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Ibrahim Fahdi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Luis Garza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Louis Fink, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Margaret Scott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Wady Aude, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Rebecca Pacheco, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Zoran Bursac, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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  • April Grant, MPH

      Affiliations

    • College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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  • Jawahar L. Mehta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 501-296-1401; fax: 501-686-6180.

Received 18 October 2006 ,Revised 8 November 2006 ,Accepted 8 November 2006.

  • Image Result

    Mean values of various coronary angiographic indexes across categories of hs-CRP, IL-6, and TNF-α.

    Mean values of various coronary angiographic indexes across categories of hs-CRP, IL-6, and TNF-α.

 This study was supported by Grant M01 RR14288 from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences General Clinical Research Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.

PII: S0002-9149(06)02484-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.11.032

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 99, Issue 7 , Pages 879-884 , 1 April 2007