Relation of vasodilator response of the brachial artery to inflammatory markers in patients with coronary artery disease

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 661-667

  Kang, Seok Min ^a   Chung, Namsik ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^a   Koo, Bon Kwon ^a   Choi, Donghoon ^a   Jang, Yangsoo ^a   Cho, Seung Yun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Inflammatory markers; Vasodilator response

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036866194     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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