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The acute impact of high-dose lipid-lowering treatment on endothelial progenitor cells in patients with coronary artery disease—The REMEDY-EPC early substudy

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play a role in vascular repair, while circulating endothelial cells (CECs) are biomarkers of vascular damage and regeneration. Statins may promote EPC/CEC mobilization in the peripheral blood. We evaluated whether pre-procedural exposure t...

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Autores principales: Madonna, Rosalinda, Renna, Francesca Vera, Lanuti, Paola, Perfetti, Matteo, Marchisio, Marco, Briguori, Carlo, Condorelli, Gerolama, Manzoli, Lamberto, De Caterina, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5386268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28394933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172800