Atherosclerosis, vascular aging and therapeutic strategies

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-87

  Liu, Yue ^a   Chen, Ke Ji ^a  

^a XIYUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chinese medicine; Lifespan; Vascular aging

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; FCGAMMAR IIIA; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIONGSHAO CAPSULE;

AGING; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL INFILTRATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXERCISE; GINSENG; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIGUSTICUM RHIZOMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSE WAVE; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; VASCULAR AGING;

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862733545     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-012-0996-z     Document Type: Review

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