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COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group
NEW ORLEANS -- Cutting serum levels of C-reactive protein has proved, for the first time, to be as important as dropping serum levels of LDL cholesterol for improving the outcome of patients with acute coronary syndrome, according to results from a large, prospective study.
The findings also showed that low serum levels of both C-reactive protein (CRP) and LDL cholesterol protect patients against new events regardless of the drug regimen used to achieve the low levels, and that serum levels of CRP fall independent of changes in serum levels of LDL cholesterol, Paul M. Ridker, M.D., reported at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association.
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