The role of homocysteine-lowering B-vitamins in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 130-138

  Debreceni, Balazs ^a   Debreceni, Laszlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Heart Disease Research Foundation Brooklyn   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherogenesis; B Vitamins; Cardiovascular prevention; Homocysteine; Statins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOWN-REGULATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84899108985     PISSN: 17555914     EISSN: 17555922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-5922.12064     Document Type: Review

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