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Figure 4 Cumulative incidence of cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction either at index admission or at one year in patients with and without known coronary artery disease (CAD) in relation to their aortic valves (normal or any sclerosis by echocardiography) and systemic inflammation (low C-reactive protein [CRP] = 1st tertile, <0.32 vs. high CRP = 2nd and 3rd tertiles,  0.32 mg/dl); levels available on 395 of 415 patients; A.Scl = aortic sclerosis, + = present, – = absent.
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