A 59-year-old housewife was initially examined 10 years ago because of angina pectoris and essential hypertension. At that time she was found to be moderately obese with blood pressures averaging 165/95 mm Hg and laboratory evidence of hyperlipidemia. The initial electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed nonspecific ST-T wave abnormalities and atrial enlargement. Supporting the diagnosis of atherosclerotic heart disease was a positive thallium exercise stress test. Coronary angiography at that time revealed 2-vessel obstructive disease with high grade lesions in the proximal circumflex artery and 75% occlusion of the first major diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery. A secondary obtuse marginal branch was completely occluded at its origin with retrograde filling from the distal right coronary artery. The ejection fraction was 45%. The high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level was 6 mg/dL (normal, 0.03–1.1 mg/dL). The implications of the positive hs-CRP test are that the coronary artery plaques noted on...
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1 January 2003
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January 01 2003
Seminal Changes in the Management of the Acute Coronary Event: Current Concepts
Laurie G. Futterman, ARNP, MSN, CCRN;
Laurie G. Futterman, ARNP, MSN, CCRN
The Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Fla.
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Louis Lemberg, MD
Louis Lemberg, MD
The Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Fla.
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Am J Crit Care (2003) 12 (1): 73–76.
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Laurie G. Futterman, Louis Lemberg; Seminal Changes in the Management of the Acute Coronary Event: Current Concepts. Am J Crit Care 1 January 2003; 12 (1): 73–76. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2003.12.1.73
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