Oxidative Stress and Early Atherosclerosis: Novel Antioxidant Treatment

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-88

  Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^a   Androulakis, Emmanuel ^a   Papageorgiou, Nikolaos ^a   Papaioannou, Spyridon ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Synetos, Andreas ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial function; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FLAVONOID; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; POLYPHENOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; RENIN INHIBITOR; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84925486106     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-014-6562-5     Document Type: Article

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