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Is there a C-reactive protein value beyond which one should consider infection as the cause of acute heart failure?
BACKGROUND: Heart Failure (HF) is a low grade inflammatory condition. High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) is an established marker of inflammation. A cut-off value of hsCRP beyond which an infection should be sought has never been studied in HF. We aimed to determine the best hsCRP cut-off f...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5827981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29482547 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-018-0778-4 |