title: Peripheral arterial disease enters the biomarker era. Does risk stratification tell us something that we don't already know?
abstract: This editorial refers to Myeloperoxidase, but not C-reactive protein, predicts cardiovascular risk in peripheral arterial disease by G. Brevetti et al., on page 224.
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Gornik
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D009195:Peroxidase