Significance of the lipid profile and endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in the pathogenesis of microvascular angina

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-328

  Liu, Qi Ming ^a   Zhou, Sheng Hua ^a   Qi, Shu Shan ^a   Zhao, Shui Ping ^a   Minghuib, Liu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Lipid profile; Microvascular angina; Ultrasonography; Vascular; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SYNDROME X; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 55249121429     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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