Title: Prognostic significance of arterial stiffness and osteoprotegerin in patients with stable coronary artery disease
ConclusionsThese findings extend the current knowledge concerning the role of arterial stiffness as powerful biomarkers in cardiovascular disease. Measurement of PWV might have a role in ascertaining prognosis and managing treatment in patients with stable CAD after PCI.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: European Journal of Clinical Investigation - Category: General Medicine Authors: Gerasimos Siasos, Evangelos Oikonomou, Konstantinos Maniatis, Georgios Georgiopoulos, Eleni Kokkou, Vasiliki Tsigkou, Marina Zaromitidou, Alexis Antonopoulos, Manolis Vavuranakis, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Athanasios G. Papavassiliou, Dimitris Tousoulis Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
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