Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 256-266, April 2009

Prognostic Value of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Heart Failure: A Systematic Review

  • José Paulo Araújo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: José Paulo Araújo, MD, Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, 4202-451 Porto, Portgual.
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  • Patricia Lourenço, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  • Ana Azevedo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal
    • Serviço de Higiene e Epidemiologia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  • Fernando Friões, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  • Francisco Rocha-Gonçalves, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  • António Ferreira, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  • Paulo Bettencourt, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Failure Clinic, Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital S. João, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Received 12 August 2008; received in revised form 26 September 2008; accepted 24 October 2008. published online 29 December 2008.

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 No conflicts of interest and no sources of funding disclosed.

PII: S1071-9164(08)01054-3

doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.10.030

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 256-266, April 2009