|
|
Article: High homocysteine serum levels are related to low levels in coronary arteries.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- March 23, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
2003 MAR 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High homocysteine serum levels are related to low levels in coronary arteries.
Researchers in Austria "sought to investigate whether elevated serum levels of homocysteine (Hcy), predisposing to endothelial dysfunction during progression of atherosclerosis, were paralleled by increased Hcy concentrations in human coronary arteries. Paraffin sections of coronary arteries were obtained from explanted hearts of cardiac transplant recipients suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD, n=32, mean age=56.6[+ or -]6.8), and from heart donors where transplantation was not performed due to organization related circumstances (Co, ...