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Plasma chromium concentrations have been determined for 150 patients. These were subjected to coronary artery cineangiography and thereby divided into three groups: group CAD (those with coronary artery disease), group HD (those with heart disease, but no CAD) and group N (those with no CAD and no HD). Weighted, average chromium levels for these groups were 1.05, 1.72, and 8.51 ng/mL, respectively. The distributions of plasma chromium levels for the three groups suggest that an upper limit for plasma chromium may be established (6 ng/mL in this work) beyond which CAD may be considered to be extremely unlikely, thus eliminating the need for a certain number of cineangiographic examinations.
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Simonoff, M., Llabador, Y., Hamon, C. et al. Low plasma Chromium in patients with coronary artery and heart diseases. Biol Trace Elem Res 6, 431–439 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02989260
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