The role of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Sibal, Latika ^a   Agarwal, Sharad C ^a   Home, Philip D ^a   Boger, Rainer H ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dimethylarginine; Cardiovascular disease; Endothelial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; ROSIGLITAZONE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77951642455     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340310791162659     Document Type: Review

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