The role of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein in predicting properties of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Kalay N., Yarlioglues M., Ardic I., Kaya M. G., Vardar A., Inanc T., ...More

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, vol.21, no.7, pp.435-440, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/mca.0b013e32833db539
  • Journal Name: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.435-440
  • Keywords: acute coronary syndrome, atherosclerosis, fatty acid-binding protein, ACUTE CHEST-PAIN, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, TROPONIN-T, MYOGLOBIN, DIAGNOSIS, DISEASE
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction Fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) is an independent predictor of cardiac events. However, the relation between increasing FABP and coronary atherosclerosis is unknown. We have investigated the relation between FABP and angiographic properties of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).