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Plasma levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protein do not correlate with inflammatory activity in carotid atherosclerotic plaques.

Grufman, Helena LU ; Goncalves, Isabel LU orcid ; Edsfeldt, Andreas LU ; Nitulescu, Mihaela LU ; Persson, Ana LU ; Nilsson, Marie MN LU and Nilsson, Jan LU (2014) In Journal of Internal Medicine 275(2). p.127-133
Abstract
It is well established that subjects with moderately elevated plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) have an increased risk of development of cardiovascular events. As atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by chronic arterial inflammation, it is possible that moderate increases in CRP level reflect the presence of plaque inflammation. To investigate this possibility we compared plasma levels of hsCRP the day before carotid endarterectomy with the degree of inflammation in the excised plaque tissue.
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Journal of Internal Medicine
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275
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2
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127 - 133
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1365-2796
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10.1111/joim.12133
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English
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  author       = {{Grufman, Helena and Goncalves, Isabel and Edsfeldt, Andreas and Nitulescu, Mihaela and Persson, Ana and Nilsson, Marie MN and Nilsson, Jan}},
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  title        = {{Plasma levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protein do not correlate with inflammatory activity in carotid atherosclerotic plaques.}},
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  doi          = {{10.1111/joim.12133}},
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