Vitamin C improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in forearm resistance vessels of humans with hypercholesterolemia

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2617-2622

  Ting, Henry H ^a   Timimi, Farris K ^a   Haley, Elizabeth A ^a   Roddy, Mary Anne ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a   Creager, Mark A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endothelium; Free radicals; Hypercholeslerolemia

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030997880     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.12.2617     Document Type: Article

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