Asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease and mild hypercholesterolemia.

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Asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease and mild hypercholesterolemia. / Maas, Renke; Quitzau, Kurt; Schwedhelm, Edzard; Spieker, Lukas; Rafflenbeul, Wolf; Steenpass, Anna; Lüscher, Thomas F; Böger, Rainer.

In: ATHEROSCLEROSIS, Vol. 191, No. 1, 1, 2007, p. 211-219.

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title = "Asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease and mild hypercholesterolemia.",
abstract = "OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 289 patients with coronary artery disease we assessed coronary endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular responses to intracoronary infusion of acetylcholine, adenosine, and nitroglycerin, respectively, and determined plasma ADMA and l-arginine concentrations by HPLC. After 6 months of treatment with either cerivastatin, nifedipine, cerivastatin+nifedipine, or placebo, coronary vascular function testing as well as ADMA and l-arginine determinations were repeated. We observed no correlation of plasma ADMA or l-arginine concentration and coronary response to acetylcholine, adenosine or nitroglycerin baseline, and no correlation of changes of ADMA or l-arginine plasma concentration with changes in coronary function (all r and rho0.05). CONCLUSION: At physiological plasma concentrations ADMA appears to have only little impact on coronary endothelial function.",
author = "Renke Maas and Kurt Quitzau and Edzard Schwedhelm and Lukas Spieker and Wolf Rafflenbeul and Anna Steenpass and L{\"u}scher, {Thomas F} and Rainer B{\"o}ger",
year = "2007",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "191",
pages = "211--219",
journal = "ATHEROSCLEROSIS",
issn = "0021-9150",
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T1 - Asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease and mild hypercholesterolemia.

AU - Maas, Renke

AU - Quitzau, Kurt

AU - Schwedhelm, Edzard

AU - Spieker, Lukas

AU - Rafflenbeul, Wolf

AU - Steenpass, Anna

AU - Lüscher, Thomas F

AU - Böger, Rainer

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 289 patients with coronary artery disease we assessed coronary endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular responses to intracoronary infusion of acetylcholine, adenosine, and nitroglycerin, respectively, and determined plasma ADMA and l-arginine concentrations by HPLC. After 6 months of treatment with either cerivastatin, nifedipine, cerivastatin+nifedipine, or placebo, coronary vascular function testing as well as ADMA and l-arginine determinations were repeated. We observed no correlation of plasma ADMA or l-arginine concentration and coronary response to acetylcholine, adenosine or nitroglycerin baseline, and no correlation of changes of ADMA or l-arginine plasma concentration with changes in coronary function (all r and rho0.05). CONCLUSION: At physiological plasma concentrations ADMA appears to have only little impact on coronary endothelial function.

AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 289 patients with coronary artery disease we assessed coronary endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular responses to intracoronary infusion of acetylcholine, adenosine, and nitroglycerin, respectively, and determined plasma ADMA and l-arginine concentrations by HPLC. After 6 months of treatment with either cerivastatin, nifedipine, cerivastatin+nifedipine, or placebo, coronary vascular function testing as well as ADMA and l-arginine determinations were repeated. We observed no correlation of plasma ADMA or l-arginine concentration and coronary response to acetylcholine, adenosine or nitroglycerin baseline, and no correlation of changes of ADMA or l-arginine plasma concentration with changes in coronary function (all r and rho0.05). CONCLUSION: At physiological plasma concentrations ADMA appears to have only little impact on coronary endothelial function.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 191

SP - 211

EP - 219

JO - ATHEROSCLEROSIS

JF - ATHEROSCLEROSIS

SN - 0021-9150

IS - 1

M1 - 1

ER -