Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, c-reactive protein and severity of coronary stenosis in chinese patients with coronary artery disease

Hypertension Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Wang, Hai Ya ^a   Gao, Ping Jin ^a   Ji, Kai Da ^a   Shen, Wei Feng ^a   Fan, Chun Ling ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Zhu, Ding Liang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary artery disease; Endothelial progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEM CELL;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34047219325     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.30.133     Document Type: Article

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