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Am J Cardiol
; 92(10): 1195-7, 2003 Nov 15.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14609595
RESUMO
To assess the in-hospital prognostic value of cellular adhesion molecules (CAMs), the levels of soluble CAMs were measured at admission in 114 patients with severe unstable angina. Patients with an eventful in-hospital course (death, nonfatal acute myocardial infarction, and recurrence of angina) had higher levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 than those without events (p = 0.01); this association was independent of classic risk factors and C-reactive protein.