Atorvastatin improves endothelial function in renal-transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1920-1924

  Åsberg, Anders ^a   Hartmann, Anders ^a   Fjeldså, Ellen ^a   Holdaas, Hallvard ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; CsA; Endothelial function; Kidney; Nitric oxide; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RECIPIENT; RISK; SKIN; STIMULATION;

EID: 0034844264     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.9.1920     Document Type: Article

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