Increased serum anandamide level at ruptured plaque site in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Maeda, Naotaka ^a   Osanai, Tomohiro ^a   Kushibiki, Motoi ^a   Fujiwara, Takayuki ^a   Tamura, Yujin ^a   Oowada, Shingen ^a   Higuma, Takumi ^a   Sasaki, Shingo ^a   Yokoyama, Jin ^a   Yoshimachi, Fuminobu ^a   Matsunaga, Toshiro ^a   Hanada, Hiroyuki ^a   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 arachidonylglycerol; acute coronary syndrome; anandamide; inflammation; stable effort angina

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANANDAMIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTA; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 67149122049     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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