Intima-media thickness and flow-mediated vasodilation in asymptomatic subjects with newly detected severe hypercholesterolemia

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1060-1068

  Vladimirova Kitova, Lyudmila ^a   Terzieva, Dora ^a   Marinov, Blagoi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST GEORGE   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dimethylarginine; Carotid artery sonography; Dyslipidemia; Endothelial dysfunction; Total homocysteine

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HOMOCYSTEINE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 70349969749     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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