RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELEVATED SERUM CRP LEVEL AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Topal K., Sandikci S., DEMİRHİNDİ H., AKPINAR E., SAATÇI E.

MARMARA MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.19, sa.2, ss.58-64, 2006 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: MARMARA MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.58-64
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Atherosclerosis, inflammation, CRP, acute myocardial infarction
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Today, atherosclerosis is accepted as an inflammatory disease and serum CRP levels increase in correlation with the severity and extensiveness of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between infarct type and extensiveness and serum CRP levels in 55 patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit of Adana Numune Hospital for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between January-July 2000.