The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 5, Issue 10 , Page 792, November 2009

CRP and Cardiovascular Disease

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5.People who participate.

6.High CRP indicates _____ risk for CVD.

9.Anti-_____ drugs.

10.May raise CRP levels.

13.Percutaneous coronary _____.

14.Pertains to the immune system.

16._____ mellitus.

19._____ term complications.

21.Destruction of damaged cells.

22.Group of illnesses.

24._____ care.

25.Fatal and _____ CVD related events.

26.Myocardial _____.

27.Systolic blood pressure (ab).

31.White blood _____.

32.Tissue destruction.

33.Angiotensin-_____ enzyme inhibitor.

36.CRP is a _____ found in blood.

37.High _____ lipoprotein.

38.Rapid onset.

40.Low _____ diet.

42.Refers to genes.

44.Base level.

48.Overweight.

49.CRP is a _____ of inflammation.

53.Simvastatin.

54.Fluid retention.

56.Cause lower CRP levels than bacterial.

59.High blood pressure.

62.Male or female.

63.End stage _____ disease.

64.Refers to liver.

65.Chronic kidney disease (ab).

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1.CVD risk ______.

2.Nurse Practitioner (ab).

3.Joint National Committee (ab).

4.Systolic blood _____.

7.Fat cells.

8.A class of diuretics.

11.Elevation of this is associated with CVD.

12.CRP is a _____ test.

13.Across all____ groups.

15.Older than 65.

17.Inflammatory markers.

18.Risk factor for CVD.

20.Acute phase _____.

22.Bring blood pressure _____ with meds.

23.Conventional risk_____.

28.C-reactive _____.

29.Limit ____ & alcohol intake.

30.51–65 is _____ age.

34.Coronary artery bypass _____.

35._____ & weight.

36.CRP _____ at 48 hours.

37.This is collected and interpreted.

39.CVA.

41.Community _____ studies.

43._____ pressure.

45.Coronary artery _____ surgery.

46.CRP is synthesized by the_____.

47.Angiotensin receptor _____.

48.End result.

50.Mode of _____.

51.Achieve good BP _____.

52.Point of _____.

55.Normal reference _____.

57.Left ventricular hypertrophy (ab).

58.Blood.

59.Coronary _____ disease.

60.Framingham _____ score.

61.Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (ab).

64.Hypertension (ab).

The answers will be provided in the next issue.

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Source 

  1. Hamer M , Chida Y , Stamatakis E . Utility of C-reactive protein for cardiovascular risk stratification across three age groups . American J Cardiology . 2009;104:538–542

PII: S1555-4155(09)00510-8

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.09.010

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 5, Issue 10 , Page 792, November 2009

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