PM Ridker, CH Hennekens, JE Buring, N Rifai - New England Journal of Medicine, 2000 - content.nejm.org ABSTRACT Background Since inflammation is believed to have a role in the
pathogenesis of cardiovascular events, measurement of markers of inflammation
has been proposed as a method to improve the prediction of the risk of ... Cited by 3521 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►ahajournals.org PM Ridker - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc Abstract—Inflammation plays a major role in atherothrombosis, and measurement
of inflammatory markers such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (HSCRP) may
provide a novel method for detecting individuals at high risk of plaque ... Cited by 1012 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►westhertshospitals.nhs.uk [PDF] PM Ridker, N Rifai, M Clearfield, JR Downs, … - The New England journal of medicine, 2001 - nejm.highwire.org Results The rates of coronary events increased significantly with increases in
the base-line levels of C-reactive protein. Lovastatin therapy reduced the
C-reactive protein level by 14.8 percent (P<0.001), an effect not explained ... Cited by 917 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
PM Ridker, MJ Stampfer, N Rifai - Jama, 2001 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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GJ Blake, PM Ridker - Circulation research, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc Inflammatory processes play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of
atherosclerosis and mediate many of the stages of atheroma development from
initial leukocyte recruitment to eventual rupture of the unstable ... Cited by 552 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►ahajournals.org NS Rost, PA Wolf, CS Kase, M Kelly-Hayes, H … - Stroke, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc Background—— The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) as a novel plasma marker
of atherothrombotic disease is currently under investigation. Previous studies
have mostly related CRP to coronary heart disease, were often restricted to ... Cited by 516 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►jacobimed.org [PDF] P Greenland, MD Knoll, J Stamler, JD Neaton … - Jama, 2003 - Am Med Assoc Context A frequently cited concept is that individual major risk factors for
coronary heart disease (CHD) are absent in many patients (perhaps >50%) with
CHD. However, prior studies have not systematically evaluated the extent to ... Cited by 449 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►ahajournals.org P Greenland, J Abrams, GP Aurigemma, M Bond, … - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc Pathology studies have documented that levels of traditional risk factors are
associated with the extent and severity of atherosclerosis. However, at every
level of risk factor exposure, there is substantial variation in the amount ... Cited by 422 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►ahajournals.org DD Sin, SF Man - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We analyzed data from participants, 50 years of age, of
the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n=6629) to determine
whether C-reactive protein (CRP) and other systemic inflammatory markers ... Cited by 365 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
