Ascorbic acid reverses endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1107-1113

  Levine, Glenn N ^a   Frei, Balz ^a   Koulouris, Spyridon N ^a   Gerhard, Marie D ^b   Keaney Jr , John F ^a   Vita, Joseph A ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; coronary disease; endothelium

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029986355     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.6.1107     Document Type: Article

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