M Popescu, Cs Stancu, D Deleanu, L Niculescu, N Simionescu, A Vlad, Ac Popescu, D Dimulescu, Av Sima
PURPOSE: Searching for new biomarkers to predict the progress of coronary artery disease (CAD), we studied the evolution of lipid and inflammatory parameters, along with five mi-RNAs, in plasma of CAD patients under treatment for 1 year. METHODS: Subjects were assigned to 5 groups: healthy subjects (C, 10), subjects with risk factors (RF, 10), stable angina (SA, 22), unstable angina (UA, 21) and 1 month post myocardial infarction (MI, 11) patients. Blood was collected at inclusion and after 1 year of standard treatment...
July 15, 2014: Cardiovascular Research