American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 3 , Pages 362-367, 1 February 2010

Effect of Intensive Lifestyle Changes on Endothelial Function and on Inflammatory Markers of Atherosclerosis

  • Harvinder S. Dod, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 304-293-4096; fax: 304-293-7828
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  • Ravindra Bhardwaj, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Venu Sajja, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Gerdi Weidner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
    • Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito, California
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  • Gerald R. Hobbs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Gregory W. Konat, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Shanthi Manivannan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Wissam Gharib, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Bradford E. Warden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Navin C. Nanda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Robert J. Beto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  • Dean Ornish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito, California
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  • Abnash C. Jain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Received 16 July 2009; received in revised form 9 September 2009; accepted 9 September 2009.

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 This study was supported by West Virginia University Section of Cardiology Foundation Funds, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; by Grant W81XWH-06-2-0565 from the Department of the Army, Fort Detrick, Maryland; and Grant MA 155/75-1 from the German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany.

PII: S0002-9149(09)02409-6

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.038

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 3 , Pages 362-367, 1 February 2010