Higher C‐Reactive Protein Predicts Worse Prognosis in Acute Heart Failure Only in Noninfected Patients

BACKGROUND: The prognostic role of C‐reactive protein (CRP) in acute heart failure (HF) is not fully understood, and the impact of an infectious process in its risk‐stratification power was not previously evaluated. HYPOTHESIS: As CRP is an inflammatory marker, its prognostic value in acute HF is pr...

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Published in:Clin Cardiol
Main Authors: Lourenço, Patrícia, Paulo Araújo, José, Paulo, Cristiana, Mascarenhas, Joana, Friões, Fernando, Azevedo, Ana, Bettencourt, Paulo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2010
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Clinical Investigations
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6653079/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21089116
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clc.20812
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