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Forecasting heart risk in women

The concentration of a substance, called C-reactive protein, in the blood may predict a woman's risk of suffering a heart attack.

 

References:

Ridker, P.M., et al. 1998. Prospective study of C-reactive protein and the risk of future cardiovascular events among apparently healthy women. Circulation 98(Aug. 25):731.

 

Further Readings:

Fackelmann, K. 1997. Harbinger of a heart attack. Science News 151(June 14):374.

 

Sources:

Paul M. Ridker
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Cardiovascular Division
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 12, September 19, 1998, p. 188.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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