Dark chocolate improves coronary vasomotion and reduces platelet reactivity

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2376-2382

  Flammer, Andreas J ^a   Hermann, Frank ^a   Sudano, Isabella ^a   Spieker, Lukas ^a   Hermann, Matthias ^a   Cooper, Karen A ^b   Serafini, Mauro ^c   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a   Ruschitzka, Frank ^a   Noll, Georg ^a   Corti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Nutrition; Oxidative stress; Platelets

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CACAO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY VASOMOTION; DARK CHOCOLATE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLATELET REACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CACAO; CANDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOIDS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 36348953898     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.713867     Document Type: Article

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