Endothelial dysfunction as assessed by flow-mediated dilation in patients with cardiac syndrome X: Role of inflammation

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1074-1077

  Tondi, Paolo ^a   Santoliquido, A ^a   Di Giorgio, A ^a   Sestito, A ^a   Sgueglia, G A ^a   Flore, R ^a   Careri, G ^a   Pinnacchio, G ^a   Lanza, G A ^a   Crea, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Inflammation; Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYNDROME X; VASODILATATION;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; ITALY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; UP-REGULATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 80054846612     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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