Plasma Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease and Death in the Community
Author(s) -
Rainer H. Böger,
Lisa Sullivan,
Edzard Schwedhelm,
Thomas J. Wang,
Renke Maas,
Emelia J. Benjamin,
Friedrich Schulze,
Vanessa Xanthakis,
Ralf A. Benndorf,
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Publication year - 2009
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.108.838268
Subject(s) - medicine , asymmetric dimethylarginine , disease , cardiology , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , arginine , chemistry , biochemistry , amino acid , physics , optics
Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, induces endothelial dysfunction. Although elevated ADMA has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease events and death in referral samples, the prognostic significance of ADMA in the community has not been adequately evaluated.
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