Association of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A with recurrent coronary events in stable patients after healing of acute myocardial infarction

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 216 - 221
• Main Authors: Harb, Tareq S, Zareba, Wojciech, Moss, Arthur J, Ridker, Paul M, Marder, Victor J, Rifai, Nader, Miller Watelet, Luc F, Arora, Rohit, Brown, Mary W, Case, Robert B, Dwyer, Edward M, Gillespie, John A, Goldstein, Robert E, Greenberg, Henry, Hochman, Judith, Krone, Ronald J, Liang, Chang-Seng, Lichstein, Edgar, Little, William, Marcus, Frank I, Oakes, David, Sparks, Charles E, VanVoorhees, Lucy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15-01-2002; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; Chi-Square Distribution; Coronary heart disease; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart; Heart attacks; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Multivariate Analysis; Myocardial Infarction - blood; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Proteins; Recurrence; Serum Amyloid A Protein - metabolism; Human; Relapse; Prognosis; Infarct; Follow up study; Acute; Myocardium; Cardiovascular disease; Amyloid; C reactive protein; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02204-4

The association between inflammatory markers and recurrent coronary events was investigated in 1,045 stable patients after myocardial infarction. Elevated C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A levels were not independent markers for recurrent coronary events during a 2-year follow-up in this postinfarction population.