Association between high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and/or microembolic signals after carotid angioplasty and stenting

• Main Authors: Farzaneh Foroughinia (Author), Amir Ashkan Tabibi (Author), Hanie Javanmardi (Author), Anahid Safari (Author), Afshin Borhani-Haghighi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: To evaluate the association between pre/post-procedural high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level and hs-CRP difference, and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) or new diffusion-weighted MRI lesions after carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS). Methods: In this...