High Sensitivity C - Reactive Protein is Associated with Diastolic Dysfunction in Young African Americans without Clinically Evident Cardiac Disease

BACKGROUND: Diastolic dysfunction (DD) is associated with myocardial fibrosis mediated by inflammation. Higher levels of inflammation found in African Americans (AAs) may predict DD among asymptomatic individuals. We tested the hypothesis that high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a biomarke...

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Autores principales: Rajaram, Venkataraman, Evans, Arthur T, Caldito, Gloria C, Kelly, Russell F, Fogelfeld, Leon, Black, Henry R, Doukky, Rami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21915224
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401105010188

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