Effect of pravastatin on plasma markers of inflammation and peripheral endothelial function in male heart transplant recipients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 815-818

  Holm, Torbjørn ^a,b   Andreassen, Arne K ^a   Ueland, Thor ^a   Kjekshus, John ^a   Frøland, Stig S ^a   Kjekshus, Elin ^a   Simonsen, Svein ^a   Aukrust, Pål ^a   Gullestad, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRAVASTATIN; SKIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035869092     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01516-2     Document Type: Article

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