Endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the brachial artery is impaired in smokers: effect of vitamin C

Division of Cardiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto City 860, Japan Cigarette smoking has been shown to cause endothelial dysfunction. To examine the effects of vitamin C and cigarette smoking on endothelium-dependent vasodilation, we measured the lumen diameter and flow velocit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 1997-10, Vol.273 (4), p.H1644-H1650
Hauptverfasser:	Motoyama, Takeshi, Kawano, Hiroaki, Kugiyama, Kiyotaka, Hirashima, Osamu, Ohgushi, Masamichi, Yoshimura, Michihiro, Ogawa, Hisao, Yasue, Hirofumi
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Ascorbic Acid - blood Ascorbic Acid - pharmacology Brachial Artery - diagnostic imaging Brachial Artery - drug effects Brachial Artery - physiology Endothelium, Vascular - drug effects Endothelium, Vascular - physiology Hemodynamics Humans Male Regional Blood Flow - physiology Smoking Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances - metabolism Ultrasonography Vasodilation - drug effects Vasodilation - physiology
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