Vitamin C Improves Endothelial Dysfunction of Epicardial Coronary Arteries in Hypertensive Patients
- 2 September 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 96 (5) , 1513-1519
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.96.5.1513
Abstract
Background There is evidence for increased formation of free radicals in patients with hypertension, raising the possibility that NO is inactivated by free radicals, which impairs coronary endothel...Keywords
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