ACE inhibition and endothelial function: Main findings of PERFECT, a sub-study of the EUROPA trial

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-279

  Bots, M L ^a   Remme, W J ^b,h   Luscher T F ^c   Fox, K M ^d   Bertrand, M ^e   Ferrari, R ^f   Simoons, M L ^g   Grobbee, D E ^a   Aldershville, J ^h   Hildebrandt, P ^h   Bassand, J P ^h   Cokkinos, D ^h   Toutouzas, P ^h   Eha, J ^h   Erhardt, L ^h   Erikssen, J ^h   Grybauskas, R ^h   Kalnins, U ^h   Karsch K , ^h   Sechtem, U ^h   Keltai, M ^h   Klein, W ^h   Luescher, T ^h   Mulcahy, D ^h   Nieminen, M ^h   Oto, A ^h   Ozsaruhan, O ^h   Paulus, W ^h   Providencia, L ^h   Riecansky, I ^h   Ruzyllo, W ^h   Santini, U ^h   Tavazzi, L ^h   Soler Soler, J ^h   Widimsky, P ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Sticares Cardiovascular Research Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h NONE

Author keywords

ACE inhibition; Atherosclerosis; Brachial reactivity; Cardiovascular disease prevention; Coronary heart disease; Endothelial function

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERINDOPRIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION;

EID: 34548557745     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-007-6041-3     Document Type: Article

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