Carotid intima-media thickness in patients with cardiac syndrome X and its association with high circulating levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sen, Nihat ^a   Poyraz, Fatih ^a   Tavil, Yusuf ^a   Yazici, Hüseyin Ugur ^a   Turfan, Murat ^a   Hizal, Fatma ^a   Topal, Salih ^a   Erdamar, Hüsamettin ^a   Cakir, Erdinc ^b   Yalçin, Ridvan ^a   Cengel, Atiye ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dimethylarginine; Cardiac syndrome X; Carotid intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME X;

ADULT; ARGININE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67349179651     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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