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l -Arginine and Thrombosis

Author(s) -

Dimitris Tousoulis,

Costas Tentolouris,

Pavlos Toutouzas

Publication year - 2001

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/circ.104.25.e159

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , carotid endarterectomy , thrombosis , coronary artery disease , arginine , aspirin , artery , unstable angina , angina , coronary atherosclerosis , coronary thrombosis , carotid arteries , coronary heart disease , myocardial infarction , biochemistry , chemistry , amino acid

To the Editor:Kapostza et al1 reported that the administration of l-arginine (the precursor of nitric oxide synthesis) after surgery resulted in a highly significant reduction in the frequency of embolic signals after carotid endarterectomy in patients who were already being treated with aspirin and heparin. Patients with carotid artery disease usually suffer from coronary atherosclerosis. Therefore, it would be useful to know the impact of l-arginine …

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