The effects of cholesterol lowering therapy with atorvastatin on flow-mediated vasodilation in patients with hypercholesterolemic coronary artery disease

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 503-506

  Ercan, Ertugrul ^a   Ceyhan, Ceyhun ^a   Gürgün, Cemil ^a   Tekten, Tarkan ^a   Onbasi, Alper ^a   Zoghi, Mehdi ^a   Türkoglu, Cüneyt ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelium; Statins; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPEREMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035680859     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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