Relevance of homocysteine on brachial flow-mediated vasodilatation and carotid and femoral intima-media thickness in patients with hypercholesterolemia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1413-1416

  Vaudo, Gaetano ^a,b   Marchesi, Simona ^a   Siepi, Donatella ^a   Bagaglia, Francesco ^a   Paltriccia, Rita ^a   Pirro, Matteo ^a   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Lupattelli, Graziana ^a   Mannarino, Elmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 2542448215     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.044     Document Type: Article

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