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Relevance of homocysteine on brachial flow-mediated vasodilatation and carotid and femoral intima-media thickness in patients with hypercholesterolemia. |
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Am J Cardiol 2004 Jun 1;93(11):1413-6, A9 ISSN: 0002-9149
Vaudo G; Marchesi S; Siepi D; Bagaglia F; Paltriccia R; Pirro M; Schillaci G; Lupattelli G; Mannarino E [Find other articles with these Authors] Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis, University of Perugia School of Medicine, via Brunamonti 51, 06122 Perugia, Italy.
gvaudo@unipg.it.
The relevance of homocysteine to brachial flow-mediated vasodilatation and carotid and femoral intima-media thickness was investigated in 192 patients with hypercholesterolemia. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and homocysteine levels predicted brachial flow-mediated vasodilatation, internal carotid mean intima-media thickness, and intima-media thickening at all femoral sites. Homocysteine levels seem to be an additional factor in the initial atherosclerotic damage of patients with hypercholesterolemia.
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