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SUBMITTER: Samman Tahhan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5970041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samman Tahhan Ayman A Hammadah Muhammad M Raad Mohamad M Almuwaqqat Zakaria Z Alkhoder Ayman A Sandesara Pratik B PB Mohamed-Kelli Heval H Hayek Salim S SS Kim Jeong Hwan JH O'Neal Wesley T WT Topel Matthew L ML Grant Aubrey J AJ Sabbak Nabil N Heinl Robert E RE Gafeer Mohamad Mazen MM Obideen Malik M Kaseer Belal B Abdelhadi Nasser N Ko Yi-An YA Liu Chang C Hesaroieh Iraj I Mahar Ernestine A EA Vaccarino Viola V Waller Edmund K EK Quyyumi Arshed A AA
Circulation research 20180307 11
<h4>Rationale</h4>Circulating progenitor cells (CPCs) mobilize in response to ischemic injury, but their predictive value remains unknown in acute coronary syndrome (ACS).<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to investigate the number of CPCs in ACS compared with those with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), relationship between bone marrow PCs and CPCs, and whether CPC counts predict mortality in patients with ACS.<h4>Methods and results</h4>In 2028 patients, 346 had unstable angina, 183 had an acute m ...[more]