Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase activity increased in patients with coronary artery ectasia

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Sen, Nihat ^a   Basar, Nurcan ^a   Maden, Orhan ^a   Ozcan, Firat ^a   Ozlu, Mehmet F ^a   Gungor, Omer ^a   Turak, Osman ^a   Malcok, Ozgul ^a   Atak, Ramazan ^a   Demir, Ahmet D ^a   Balbay, Yucel ^a  

^a Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery ectasia; Gamma glutamyl transferase; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 55749084209     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32830eaba1     Document Type: Article

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