Smoking Is Associated With Epicardial Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction and Elevated White Blood Cell Count in Patients With Chest Pain and Early Coronary Artery Disease | Zendy

Shahar Lavi | Zendy; Abhiram Prasad | Zendy; Eric H. Yang | Zendy; Verghese Mathew | Zendy; Robert D. Simari | Zendy; Charanjit S. Rihal | Zendy; Lilach O. Lerman | Zendy; Amir Lerman | Zendy

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Smoking Is Associated With Epicardial Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction and Elevated White Blood Cell Count in Patients With Chest Pain and Early Coronary Artery Disease

Author(s) -

Shahar Lavi,

Abhiram Prasad,

Eric H. Yang,

Verghese Mathew,

Robert D. Simari,

Charanjit S. Rihal,

Lilach O. Lerman,

Amir Lerman

Publication year - 2007

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/circulationaha.106.641654

Subject(s) - medicine , endothelial dysfunction , cardiology , endothelium , coronary artery disease , coronary atherosclerosis , chest pain , endothelial stem cell , biochemistry , chemistry , in vitro

Smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular events. One of the potential mechanisms may be related to both coronary endothelial dysfunction and increased inflammatory response. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that smoking is associated with epicardial coronary endothelial dysfunction and inflammation.

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