American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 9 , Pages 1125-1130 , 1 November 2008

Differential Impact of Admission C-Reactive Protein Levels on 28-Day Mortality Risk in Patients With ST-Elevation Versus Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the Monitoring Trends and Determinants on Cardiovascular Diseases [MONICA]/Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg [KORA] Augsburg Myocardial Infarction Registry)

  • Bernhard Kuch, MD

      Affiliations

    • I. Medizinische Klinik, Hospital of Augsburg, Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University München, Augsburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: +49-821-400-2956; fax: +49-821-400-3345
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  • Wolfgang von Scheidt, MD

      Affiliations

    • I. Medizinische Klinik, Hospital of Augsburg, Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University München, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Birgitt Kling, MD

      Affiliations

    • I. Medizinische Klinik, Hospital of Augsburg, Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University München, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Margit Heier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
    • Hospital of Augsburg, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Allmut Hoermann, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Economics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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  • Christa Meisinger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
    • Hospital of Augsburg, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Augsburg, Germany

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 9 June 2008 ,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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 The Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) research platform and the Monitoring Trends and Determinants on Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) Augsburg studies were initiated and supported by the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, German Research Center for Environmental Health, which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology and the State of Bavaria, München, Germany. Since 2000, myocardial infarction data collection is cofinanced by the German Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security, Berlin, Germany (www.gbe-bund.de).

PII: S0002-9149(08)01136-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.034

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 9 , Pages 1125-1130 , 1 November 2008

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