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Level of Pregnancy-associated Plasma Protein-A Correlates With Coronary Thin-cap Fibroatheroma Burden in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Novel Findings From 3-Vessel Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) level is an independent predictor of acute cardiovascular event occurrence. To test the hypothesis that increased PAPP-A levels would be associated with a higher burden of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) thereby underlying the heightened risk for...

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Autores principales: Wu, Xiao-Fan, Yang, Min, Qu, Ai-Juan, Mintz, Gary S., Yang, Ya, Shang, Yun-Peng, Gao, Hai, Zhang, Yu-Chen, Ge, Chang-Jiang, Wang, Lu-Ya, Wang, Lin, Pu, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000002563