Obesity - A risk factor or a RISK factor for myocardial infarction?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Heusch, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ischemic postconditioning; Ischemic preconditioning; Leptin; Obesity; Reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; OBESITY; PROTEIN KINASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748078113     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706833     Document Type: Review

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