Sex-Specific Effects of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Endothelium-Dependent Dilation and Endothelin Activity in Middle-Aged Women and Men

BACKGROUND: Healthy middle-aged postmenopausal women have higher endothelium-dependent dilation and lower vasoconstrictor activity of endothelin-1 than men. Whether these sex-specific differences extend to patients with cardiovascular risk factors has not been investigated. The current study aimed t...

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Autores principales: Brar, Vijaywant, Gill, Sartaj, Cardillo, Carmine, Tesauro, Manfredi, Panza, Julio A., Campia, Umberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121810

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121810

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