Apolipoprotein A-I breakdown is induced by thrombolysis in coronary patients.
BACKGROUND: The outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is apparently worse in patients receiving a prior thrombolytic therapy ('facilitated PCI'). Recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) can degrade circulating high-density lipoproteins (HDL) bound apolipoprotei...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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