Inflammatory Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Vrachatis DA, Papathanasiou KA, Kazantzis D, Sanz-Sánchez J, Giotaki SG, Raisakis K, Kaoukis A, Kossyvakis C, Deftereos G, Reimers B, Avramides D, Siasos G, Cleman M, Giannopoulos G, Lansky A, Deftereos S. Inflammatory Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Diagnostics 2022, 12: 1026. PMID: 35626182, PMCID: PMC9140118, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12051026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery ectasiaInflammatory biomarkersCoronary artery ectasia patientsIsolated Coronary Artery EctasiaSmall case-control studyHigh sensitive CRPRare clinical entityCochrane Library searchCase-control studyHigh statistical heterogeneityEctasia patientsNLR levelsRDW levelsInflammatory componentInflammatory dysregulationClinical entityCAE patientsIL-6Healthy controlsStatistical heterogeneityEctasiaMEDLINE databaseModerate qualityMeta-AnalysisSystematic review