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Relevance of genetic polymorphisms in inflammatory response to percutaneous coronary intervention.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2009
Saleh Nawzad, Kovacs Alexander, Tornvall Per
Abstract excerpt
It has recently been reported that inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), increase in plasma as a response to the stimulus of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The magnitude of this inflammatory response is associated with the risk of restenosis. There is a large inter-individual variation in the inflammatory response to PCI. One factor shown to be of importance...
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