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Article: Research results from University of Lund update knowledge of heart disease.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"Endothelin-1 and angiotensin II are strong vasoconstrictors. with ischemic heart disease have elevated plasma levels of endothelin-1 and angiotensin II and show increased vascular tone," investigators in Lund, Sweden report (see also Heart Disease).
"The aim of the present study was to examine the endothelin and angiotensin II receptor expression in subcutaneous arteries from patients with different degrees of ischemic heart disease. Subcutaneous arteries were obtained, by biopsy from the abdomen, from patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery because of ischemic heart disease (n = 15), patients with angina pectoris without established ...