Title : Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 as an independent predictor of coronary heart disease. West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group - Packard_2000_N.Engl.J.Med_343_1148 |
Author(s) : Packard CJ , O'Reilly DS , Caslake MJ , McMahon AD , Ford I , Cooney J , Macphee CH , Suckling KE , Krishna M , Wilkinson FE , Rumley A , Lowe GD |
Ref : N Engl J Med , 343 :1148 , 2000 |
Abstract :
BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is believed to increase the risk of coronary events by making atherosclerotic plaques in coronary vessels prone to rupture. We examined blood constituents potentially affected by inflammation as predictors of risk in men with hypercholesterolemia who were enrolled in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study, a trial that evaluated the value of pravastatin in the prevention of coronary events. |
PubMedSearch : Packard_2000_N.Engl.J.Med_343_1148 |
PubMedID: 11036120 |
Gene_locus related to this paper: human-PLA2G7 |
Packard CJ, O'Reilly DS, Caslake MJ, McMahon AD, Ford I, Cooney J, Macphee CH, Suckling KE, Krishna M, Wilkinson FE, Rumley A, Lowe GD (2000)
Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 as an independent predictor of coronary heart disease. West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group
N Engl J Med
343 :1148
Packard CJ, O'Reilly DS, Caslake MJ, McMahon AD, Ford I, Cooney J, Macphee CH, Suckling KE, Krishna M, Wilkinson FE, Rumley A, Lowe GD (2000)
N Engl J Med
343 :1148