Chocolate and coronary heart disease: A systematic review

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Khawaja, Owais ^a,b   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,b   Djoussé, Luc ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catechin:; Chocolate; Cocoa; Coronary heart disease; Epicatechin; Flavanol; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; EPICATECHIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

CACAO; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81155152322     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-011-0203-2     Document Type: Article

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