Obesity is independently associated with coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with normal or mildly diseased coronary arteries

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1523-1528

  Rodríguez Pérez, José C ^a   Rodríguez Esparragón, Francisco ^a   Hernández Perera, Octavio ^a   Anabitarte, Aránzazu ^a   Losada, Antonio ^a   Medina, Alfonso ^a   Hernández, Enrique ^a   Fiuza, Dolores ^a   Avalos, Octavio ^a   Yunis, Carla ^b   Ferrario, Carlos M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGLYCERIN; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035038163     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01212-8     Document Type: Article

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