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Effect of antispastic agents (calcium antagonists and/or isosorbide dinitrate) on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in patients with coronary vasospastic angina pectoris and no hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease.

Hung MJ, Cherng WJ, Cheng CW, Yang NI

Cardiology Section, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan. miran888@ms61.hinet.net <miran888@ms61.hinet.net>

Levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were measured before and after 3 months of treatment with antispastic agents (calcium antagonists and/or isosorbide dinitrate) in 27 patients who had coronary vasospastic angina pectoris and no hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease. Levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein decreased after treatment with antispastic agents.

Published 27 December 2004 in Am J Cardiol, 95(1): 84-7.
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