Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "acute coronary syndromes"
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Effect of Cardiogenic Shock Hospital Volume on Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: Cardiogenic shock (CS) is associated with significant morbidity, and mortality rates approach 40% to 60%. Treatment for CS requires an aggressive, sophisticated, complex, goal‐oriented, therapeutic regimen ... -
Inflammatory Biomarkers, Death, and Recurrent Nonfatal Coronary Events after an Acute Coronary Syndrome in the MIRACL Study
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)Background: In acute coronary syndromes, C‐reactive protein (CRP) strongly relates to subsequent death, but surprisingly not to recurrent myocardial infarction. Other biomarkers may reflect different processes related to ... -
Leukocytes Link Local and Systemic Inflammation in Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease
(Elsevier BV, 2016)Physicians have traditionally viewed ischemic heart disease in a cardiocentric manner: plaques grow in arteries until they block blood flow, causing acute coronary and other ischemic syndromes. Recent research provides new ... -
Myeloid-related protein 8/14 and the risk of cardiovascular death or myocardial infarction after an acute coronary syndrome in the Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Theraphy: Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (PROVE IT-TIMI 22) trial
(Elsevier BV, 2008)Background Using a transcriptional profiling approach, we recently identified myeloid-related protein 8/14 (MRP-8/14) to be expressed by platelets during acute myocardial infarction (MI). Elevated concentrations of MRP-8/14 ...