Endothelial function and hemorheological parameters modulate coronary blood flow in patients without significant coronary artery disease

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 255-266

  Gori, Tommaso ^a   Damaske, Ana ^a   Muxel, Selina ^a   Radmacher, Marie Christine ^a   Fasola, Federica ^a   Schaefer, Sarina ^a   Fineschi, Massimo ^b   Forconi, Sandro ^c   Jung, Friedrich ^d   Münzel, Thomas ^a   Parker, John D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d Institute of Polymer Research   (Germany)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary blood flow; endothelial function; hematocrit; platelets

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RADIAL ARTERY; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET ACTIVATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868620617     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2012-1603     Document Type: Article

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