The effect of folic acid supplementation on carotid intima-media thickness in patients with cardiovascular risk: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-19

  Ntaios, George ^a   Savopoulos, Christos ^a   Karamitsos, Dimitrios ^a   Economou, Ippoliti ^a   Destanis, Evangelos ^a   Chryssogonidis, Ioannis ^a   Pidonia, Ifigenia ^a   Zebekakis, Pantelis ^a   Polatides, Christos ^a   Sion, Michael ^a   Grekas, Dimitrios ^a   Hatzitolios, Apostolos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; AGED; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTIMA; MALE; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PLACEBOS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 77955657851     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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