Effect of Intensive Lifestyle Changes on Endothelial Function and on Inflammatory Markers of Atherosclerosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-367

  Dod, Harvinder S ^a   Bhardwaj, Ravindra ^a   Sajja, Venu ^a   Weidner, Gerdi ^c,d   Hobbs, Gerald R ^b   Konat, Gregory W ^b   Manivannan, Shanthi ^a   Gharib, Wissam ^a   Warden, Bradford E ^a   Nanda, Navin C ^e   Beto, Robert J ^a   Ornish, Dean ^d   Jain, Abnash C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Preventive Medicine Research Institute   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; METFORMIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 74049134992     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.038     Document Type: Article

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