C-Reactive protein and coronary artery disease: Additional evidence of the implication of an inflammatory process in acute coronary syndromes

1999 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idrissia Abdelmouttaleb ◽  
Nicolas Danchin ◽  
Claudio Ilardo ◽  
Isabelle Aimone-Gastin ◽  
Michael Angioï ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Inflammatory Process ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Artery Disease

Pathophysiology of coronary syndromes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Vessel Wall ◽  
Inflammatory Process ◽  
Unstable Plaque ◽  
Coronary Syndromes ◽  
St Elevation ◽  
Artery Disease

The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes is characterized by an acute mismatch of blood supply to the myocardium to meet the prevailing metabolic need. By far the commonest aetiology of myocardial ischaemia is coronary artery disease . An inflammatory process that evolves over the period of many decades, coronary artery disease is characterized by the deposition of cholesterol and cholesterol laden macrophages within the intima of the vessel wall. This process can be accelerated by a number of cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes), which can culminate in the formation of the unstable plaque responsible for the emergent presentation of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. This chapter reviews the prolonged inflammatory process responsible for atheroma formation, along with rarer, non-atheroma-related causes of acute coronary syndromes.

Pentraxin-3 as a more sensitive marker of coronary artery disease severity than C-reactive protein

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Szkodzinski ◽  
Bartosz Hudzik ◽  
Aleksander Danikiewicz ◽  
Anna Pietka-Rzycka ◽  
Andrzej Lekston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Pentraxin 3 ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Coronary Artery Disease Severity ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Sensitive Marker
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