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Obesity and high waist circumference are associated with low circulating pentraxin-3 in acute coronary syndrome
BACKGROUND: Long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a component of the pentraxin superfamily and a potential marker of vascular damage and inflammation, associated with negative outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and PTX3 production is rep...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828395/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24215445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-167 |