Relationship of Inflammatory Biomarkers with Severity of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Objective. The pentraxin family, including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), serum amyloid P (SAP), and pentraxin 3 (PTX3), has been identified as playing a key role in inflammatory reactions such as in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. In this study, we examined the relationsh...

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Main Authors: Kimihiro Igari, Toshifumi Kudo, Takahiro Toyofuku, Yoshinori Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6015701