The link between electrocardiographic abnormalities and cardiovascular disease are
explained partly by the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. The relation between
C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive marker of inflammation, and electrocardiographic
abnormalities is unknown. In this study, we hypothesized that electrocardiographic
abnormalities are related to elevated levels of CRP.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 14,
2003
Received in revised form:
February 14,
2003
Received:
October 22,
2002
Footnotes
This study was financially supported by grant E.013 from the Dutch Kidney Foundation, Bussum, The Netherlands; by grant 99.103 from the Netherlands Heart Foundation, Den Haag, The Netherlands; and by a grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Woerden, The Netherlands.
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