Published online before print March 20, 2003, 10.1148/radiol.2272020183
(Radiology 2003;227:516.)
A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2003
Acute-Phase Response after Stent Implantation in the Carotid Artery: Association with 6-month In-Stent Restenosis1
Martin Schillinger, MD,
Markus Exner, MD,
Wolfgang Mlekusch, MD,
Helmut Rumpold, MD,
Ramazanali Ahmadi, MD,
Schila Sabeti, MD,
Wilfried Lang, MD,
Oswald Wagner, MD and
Erich Minar, MD
1 From the Departments of Angiology (M.S., R.A., S.S., E.M.), Laboratory Medicine (M.E., W.M., H.R., O.W.), and Clinical Neurology (W.L.), University of Vienna, Medical Faculty, Währinger Gürtel 18-20/6J, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Received March 1, 2002; revision requested April 25; final revision received August 29; accepted September 24. Address correspondence to M.S. (e-mail: martin.schillinger@akh-wien.ac.at).

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Figure 1. Graph shows course of CRP values in 108 patients after successful stent implantation in the carotid artery. Box plots indicate the median and IQR (range, 25th to 75th percentile) and whiskers indicate the total range.
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Figure 2. Graph shows course of SAA values in 108 patients after successful stent implantation in the carotid artery. Box plots indicate the median and IQR (range, 25th to 75th percentile) and whiskers indicate the total range.
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