Endothelial function and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in patients with chagas disease living in a nonendemic area;Función endotelial y concentración de proteína C reactiva de alta sensibilidad en pacientes con enfermedad de Chagas que viven en áreas no endémicas

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 891-896

  García Álvarez, Ana ^a,b   Sitges, Marta ^a   Heras, Magda ^a   Poyatos, Silvia ^a   Posada, Elisabeth ^a   Pinazo, Maria Jesus ^a   Regueiro, Ander ^a   Gascon, Joaquim ^a   Sanz, Ginés ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Chagas disease; Endothelial function; Nitric oxide; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VASODILATATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHAGAS DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SAMPLE SIZE; SPAIN;

EID: 80052968304     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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