title: Plasma concentration of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and oncoming cardiovascular risk in patients with unstable angina pectoris and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
abstract: In patients who had unstable angina pectoris and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, initial blood levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 were found not to be higher than those in asymptomatic patients who had coronary artery disease. Although troponin T and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were found to have prognostic value, blood levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 were not predictive of an increased risk of major cardiac events during 6-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, Adana, Turkey. goknurtek@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Göknur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: Ilke
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sipahi
authors.forename: Ayşem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sansoy
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000097:blood*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1