Luis Cláudio Lemos Correia, Isis Vasconcelos, Guilherme Garcia, Felipe Kalil, Felipe Ferreira, André Silva, Ruan Oliveira, Manuela Carvalhal, Caio Freitas, Márcia Maria Noya-Rabelo
BACKGROUND: The incremental prognostic value of plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in relation to GRACE score has not been established in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with non-ST segment elevation. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that CRP measurements at admission increases the prognostic value of GRACE score in patients with ACS. METHODS: A total of 290 subjects, consecutively admitted for ACS, with plasma material obtained upon admission CRP measurement using a high-sensitivity method (nephelometry) were studied...
May 2014: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia