American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 819-823 , November 2003

Diagnostic coronary angiography induces a systemic inflammatory response in patients with stable angina

  • Alexander Goldberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Oren Zinder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Alexander Zdorovyak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Eric Diamond, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Sophie Lischinsky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Luis Gruberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Walter Markiewicz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
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  • Doron Aronson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Medical School, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Doron Aronson, MD, Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel.

Received 13 December 2002 ,Accepted 14 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00407-1

American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 819-823 , November 2003

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