Open AccessFunctional improvement precedes structural regression of atherosclerosis.
Author(s) -
Keith H. Benzuly,
Richard C. Padgett,
Sanjay Kaul,
D J Piegors,
Mark L. Armstrong,
Donald D. Heistad
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.89.4.1810
Subject(s) - medicine , serotonin , lesion , constriction , artery , endocrinology , hemodynamics , cardiology , blood flow , pathology , receptor
Vasoconstrictor responses to serotonin are augmented in monkeys with diet-induced atherosclerosis and improve after 18 months of normal diet. We tested the hypothesis that functional improvement may occur early during regression, before evidence of structural improvement.
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