Effect of a Single 20-mg Tablet of Atorvastatin on Brachial Artery Blood Flow in Normolipidemic Male Smokers Versus Nonsmokers

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 881-884

  Iida, Kiyoshi ^a   Goland, Sorel ^a   Akima, Takashi ^a   Luo, Huai ^a   Birnbaum, Yochai ^b   Siegel, Robert J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRROLES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 34547958562     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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