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SUBMITTER: Lambadiari V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4156962 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lambadiari Vaia V Kadoglou Nikolaos P E NP Stasinos Vassilios V Maratou Eirini E Antoniadis Aias A Kolokathis Fotios F Parissis John J Hatziagelaki Erifili E Iliodromitis Efstathios K EK Dimitriadis George G
Cardiovascular diabetology 20140821
<h4>Background</h4>The interplay between the novel adipokine retinol-binding protein-4 (RBP4) and coronary artery disease (CAD) is still obscure. We investigated the relationship between RBP4 levels and the presence and severity of angiographically proven CAD and determined its possible role in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).<h4>Methods</h4>305 individuals with angiographically proven CAD (CAD-patients), were classified into 2 subgroups: 1) acute myocardial infarction (AMI, n = 141), and 2) s ...[more]