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Abstract
Since inflammation is believed to have a role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular
events, measurement of markers of inflammation has been proposed as a method to improve
the prediction of the risk of these events.
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Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, and Division of Cardiology, Brigham
and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. pridker@rics.bwh.harvard.edu