Antioxidants improve vascular function in children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1399-1407

  Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a   Sartori, Claudio ^a,b   Rexhaj, Emrush ^a   Bailey, Damian M ^c   Marchi, Stefano F De ^a   McEneny, Jane ^d   Arx, Robert Von ^a   Cerny, David ^a   Duplain, Hervé ^e   Germond, Marc ^f   Allemann, Yves ^a   Scherrer, Urs ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^f Centre for Medically Assisted Procreation   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; in vitro fertilization; nitric oxide; vitamin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEART INDEX; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASCORBIC ACID; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84942456423     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314535117     Document Type: Article

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