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Plasma levels of soluble VEGF receptor isoforms, circulating pterins and VEGF system SNPs as prognostic biomarkers in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 15 Aug 2018
Marks Edward C A, Wilkinson Tom M, Frampton Chris M, Skelton Lorraine, Pilbrow Anna P, Yandle Tim G, Pemberton Chris J, Doughty Robert N, Whalley Gillian A, Ellis Chris J, Troughton Richard W, Owen Maurice C, Pattinson Neil R, Cameron Vicky A, Richards A Mark, Gieseg Steven P, Palmer Barry R
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BACKGROUND: Development of collateral circulation in coronary artery disease is cardio-protective. A key process in forming new blood vessels is attraction to occluded arteries of monocytes with their subsequent activation as macrophages. In patients from a prospectively recruited post-acute coronary syndromes cohort we investigated the prognostic performance of three products of activated macrophages, soluble...
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