Effect of simvastatin on micropulmonary red cell mass in patients with hyperlipoproteinemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 493-496

  Pintari, Irena ^a   Eterovi, Davor ^b   Tocilj, Jadranka ^a   Luši, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood rheology; Hyperlipoproteinemia IIa; Micropulmonary hematocrit; Pulmonary capillary red cell mass; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 0035129543     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00505-0     Document Type: Article

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