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high sensitivity C-reactive protein

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high sensitivity C-reactive protein
Lab medicine A method of measuring CRP, with higher sensitivity; HSCRP identifies Pts at risk for stroke, cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease. See C-reactive protein.


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Blood samples were obtained, and the level of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), total white blood counts (WBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), fibrinogen and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, total cholesterol (TC), and high density lipoprotein (HDL) were assayed.
The new high sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (CRPH) test accurately measures levels of CRP and assists physicians in assessing a patient's risk of cardiovascular disease when used in combination with traditional cardiac risk indicators, such as cholesterol, HDL, LDL, body weight, and blood pressure.
About the role of PIGF, sFlt-1, sCD40L and PAPP-A in cardiovascular disease In addition to these emerging cardiac markers having potential to be useful in the risk assessment, prognosis or diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, they may also provide independent, complementary information to routine cardiac markers such as Troponin I, NT-proBNP and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), among others.
 
 
 
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