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MLD of patients with unstable angina exhibited a greater reduction during CPT and a greater increase after NTG than did patients with stable angina (\u221217\u00b114% versus \u22125\u00b112%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =0.0013, and 34\u00b125% versus 8\u00b120%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;0.001, respectively). According to preprocedural serum levels of CRP, 36 patients had normal (\u22640.5 mg\/dL) and 18 patients had elevated CRP levels. MLD of patients with elevated CRP levels exhibited a greater reduction during CPT and a greater increase after NTG than of patients with normal CRP levels (\u221215\u00b112% versus \u22127\u00b114%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =0.037, and 31\u00b123% versus 13\u00b125%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =0.011, respectively). Both unstable angina and elevated CRP levels resulted in independent predictors of enhanced vasoreactivity at the multivariate analysis.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>\n                <jats:bold>\n                  <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n                <\/jats:bold>\n              <\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            This study confirms enhanced vasoreactivity of the culprit lesion in patients with unstable angina compared with those with stable angina. More importantly, it demonstrates that inflammatory mechanisms play a key role in modulating the reactivity of coronary atherosclerotic plaques and may partially account for the enhanced vasoreactivity of the unstable plaques.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/hc3801.096354","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,28]],"date-time":"2007-09-28T18:31:09Z","timestamp":1191004269000},"page":"1471-1476","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Unstable Angina and Elevated C-Reactive Protein Levels Predict Enhanced Vasoreactivity of the Culprit Lesion"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"104","author":[{"given":"Fabrizio","family":"Tomai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Filippo","family":"Crea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Achille","family":"Gaspardone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Versaci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna S.","family":"Ghini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luigi","family":"Chiariello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pier A.","family":"Gioffre\u0300","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Universita\u0300 di Roma Tor Vergata, and the Istituto di Cardiologia (F.C.), Universita\u0300 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9149(97)00477-3"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.89.1.36"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.90.2.775"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/circ.90.1.8026037"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/circ.91.4.941"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","first-page":"653","volume":"1","year":"1981","unstructured":"Pepys MB. 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