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Systemic inflammation in unstable angina is the result of myocardial necrosis

Michael Cusack, Michael Marber, Pier D. Lambiase, C. Bucknall, Simon Redwood

Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2002 · 158 citations · 19 references

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Site of intimal rupture or erosion of thrombosed coronary atherosclerotic plaques is characterized by an inflammatory process irrespective of the dominant plaque morphology.

Allard C. van der Wal, A E Becker, Chris M. van der Loos et al. · Circulation · 1994 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Unstable angina. A classification.

Eugene Braunwald · Circulation · 1989 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Randomised placebo-controlled trial of abciximab before and during coronary intervention in refractory unstable angina: the CAPTURE study

The Lancet · 1997 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Benefit of Abciximab in Patients with Refractory Unstable Angina in Relation to Serum Troponin T Levels

Christian W. Hamm, Christopher Heeschen, Britta Goldmann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1999 · 711 citations · Full text

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Prognostic Influence of Increased Fibrinogen and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Unstable Coronary Artery Disease

Henrik Toss, Bertil Lindahl, Agneta Siegbahn et al. · Circulation · 1997 · 524 citations

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