Plasma ghrelin levels are closely associated with severity and morphology of angiographically-detected coronary atherosclerosis in Chineses patients with diabetes mellitus

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-458

  Zhang, Min ^a   Fang, Wei Yi ^a   Yuan, Fang ^a   Qu, Xin Kai ^a   Liu, Hua ^a   Xu, Ying Jia ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Yu, Yong Fu ^b   Shen, Yan ^a   Zheng, Zhi Chun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

64 slice CT scanner; atherosclerosis; coronary angiography; coronary artery disease; diabetes mellitus; ghrelin

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CHINESE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859591097     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2011.196     Document Type: Article

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