Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the brachial artery in variant angina pectoris and the effect of intravenous administration of vitamin C

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1154-1159

  Hamabe, Akira ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^b   Uehata, Akimi ^b   Kurita, Akira ^c   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a   Tamai, Seiichi ^a  

^a Dept of Clin Lab of Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b Internal Medicine 1   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035873316     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01485-0     Document Type: Article

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