Relation of C-reactive protein correlates with risk of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation.
The relation between C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker, and thromboembolic risk factors was investigated in 104 patients with atrial fibrillation and found that patients with transesophageal echocardiography identified thromboembolic risk factors had greater C-reactive protein levels than those without (1.00 vs 0.302 mg/dl). C-reactive protein also correlated with clinical stroke risk factors. Increased C-reactive protein levels were also independently associated with transesophageal echocardiographic thromboembolic risk factors.
Thambidorai
Senthil K
SK
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Parakh
Kapil
K
Martin
David O
DO
Shah
Tushar K
TK
Wazni
Oussama
O
Jasper
Susan E
SE
Van Wagoner
David R
DR
Chung
Mina K
MK
Murray
R Daniel
RD
Klein
Allan L
AL
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012372:ROC Curve; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology
D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein