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Association of serum leptin levels with central arterial stiffness in coronary artery disease patients

BACKGROUND: Serum adipokines have roles in the development of arterial stiffness. Our aim was to investigate the relationship of leptin and the surrogate marker carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. METHODS: Fasting blood samples were obtained from 10...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Jen-Pi, Wang, Ji-Hung, Chen, Mei-Ling, Yang, Chiu-Fen, Chen, Yu-Chih, Hsu, Bang-Gee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27151106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0268-5