Inflammation, endothelial cell activation, and coronary microvascular dysfunction in women with chest pain and no obstructive coronary artery disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-115

  Marroquin, Oscar C ^a,i   Kip, Kevin E ^a   Mulukutla, Suresh R ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^c   Pepine, Carl J ^d   Tjandrawan, Tjendimin ^a   Kelsey, Sheryl F ^a   Mankad, Sunil ^b   Rogers, William J ^e   Merz, C Noel Bairey ^f   Sopko, George ^g   Sharaf, Barry L ^h   Reis, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 23244437951     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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