STUDY OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE SERA OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Authors: S K ELSTER, E L LEVINGER, H LEVY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 January 1957STUDY OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE SERA OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONERNEST L. LEVINGER, M.D., HYMAN LEVY, M.D., SAMUEL K. ELSTER, M.D.ERNEST L. LEVINGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HYMAN LEVY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL K. ELSTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-1-68 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClassic myocardial infarction rarely presents a diagnostic problem; the history, physical findings, electrocardiographic changes and alteration of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate all clearly indicate the diagnosis. In states of coronary insufficiency where lesser degrees of myocardial necrosis supervene, the diagnosis often is not apparent, and newer diagnostic aids are therefore sought. One such newer aid, the C-reactive protein, is promising.C-reactive protein, an abnormal protein absent from the blood of normal patients, appears as an acute phase response in a variety of clinical conditions, such as inflammation, neoplasia and granuloma formation.1Löfström,2, 3employing the technic of pneumococcus capsular swelling...Bibliography1. Good RA: Acute phase reactions in rheumatic fever, in Rheumatic fever, a symposium, 1952, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. Google Scholar2. Löfström G: Non-specific capsular swelling in pneumococci, a serologic and clinical study, Acta med. Scandinav., Suppl. 141: 1943. Google Scholar3. Löfström G: Comparison between the reactions of acute phase serum with pneumococcus C-polysaccharide and with pneumococcus type 27, Brit. J. Exper. Path. 25: 21, 1944. Google Scholar4. Hedlund P: The appearance of acute phase protein in various diseases, Acta med. Scandinav., Suppl. 196: 579, 1947. Google Scholar5. 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ELSTER, M.D. 1 January 1957Volume 46, Issue 1Page: 68-78KeywordsAcute phase proteinsC-reactive proteinsHeartHospital medicineInflammationMyocardial infarctionNecrosisPneumococcusProteinsResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...