Inhibiting progression of coronary calcification using Aged Garlic Extract in patients receiving statin therapy: A preliminary study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 985-991

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a,f   Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Flores, Ferdinand R ^a   Niihara, Yutaka ^a   Lu, Bin ^b   Lau, Benjamin H ^c   Rosen, Robert T ^d   Amagase, Harunobu ^e  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Wakunaga of America ^*  (United States)

^f St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged Garlic Extract; Atherosclerosis; Calcium deposits; Coronary artery; Plaque formation; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GARLIC EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; S ALLYLCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VOLUMETRY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744340348     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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