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Identification of molecular markers in patients with hypertensive heart disease accompanied with coronary artery disease

Author(s): H. Pang, B. Han, Z.Y. Li and Q. Fu

We investigated the plasma hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), and apelin levels in patients with hypertensive heart disease (HHD) plus coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients with hypertension hospitalized in Xuzhou Central Hospital were categorized into the HHD group and the HHD plus CAD group; 40 healthy subjects served as the control group. hs-CRP expression was determined with chemiluminescence. The expression of ox-LDL and apelin was analyzed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. HHD was chiefly responsible for left atrial enlargement (P