AN AGGREGATE OF PATHWAY-RELATED BIOMARKERS PREDICT RISK OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND DEATH

Danny J. Eapen,Pankaj Manocha,Riyaz S. Patel,Muhammad Hammadah,Mohammad Tarek Kabbany,Emir Veledar,Christina L. Wassel,Suliman Alradawi,Frank Corrigan,Hatem Al-Kassem,Ravi Nanjundappa,Nicholas Mantini,Kobina Wilmot,Joseph Poole,Robert Neuman,Dylan Malayter,Sergey Sikora,Laurence Sperling,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Stephen E. Epstein

AN AGGREGATE OF PATHWAY-RELATED BIOMARKERS PREDICT RISK OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND DEATH

2012

Activation of diverse pathophysiologic processes that include thrombotic, inflammatory, and immune pathways contribute to plaque rupture and adverse outcomes in CAD. We hypothesized that an aggregate biomarker risk score comprised of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrin degradation products (FDP),

Keywords:

Fibrin
Myocardial infarction
Immune system
Biomarker (medicine)
Framingham Risk Score
Intensive care medicine
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
adverse outcomes
Pathophysiology

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