Abstract
Patients who had an increase in their serum amyloid type A level of > 100% in the first 24 hours after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and also developed a positive antibody result (antinuclear factor or anticardiolipin), had a relative risk of 10.6 for developing restenosis in the first year after PTCA.
MeSH terms
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Angina, Unstable / immunology*
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Angina, Unstable / therapy
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Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
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Antibody Formation
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Autoantibodies
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Autoimmunity*
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Female
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Humans
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Inflammation / immunology*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Prospective Studies
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Recurrence
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Serum Amyloid A Protein / analysis
Substances
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Autoantibodies
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Serum Amyloid A Protein