American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 100, Issue 7 , Pages 1119-1123 , 1 October 2007

Relation of Coronary Artery Calcium to Flow-Mediated Dilation and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Asymptomatic Patients With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

  • Zhong-Xuan Ye, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Hao-Ming Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Kuan-Rau Chiou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Po-Hsun Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Shing-Jong Lin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Min-Ji Charng, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 886-2-2875-7507; fax: 886-2-2875-6849.

Received 12 February 2007 ,Revised 8 May 2007 ,Accepted 8 May 2007.

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 This work was supported by Grant NSC 95-2314-B-075-033 from the National Science Council of Taiwan, Research Grant V95C1-046 from Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Grant V96ER2-003 from Genomic Medicine Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

PII: S0002-9149(07)01256-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.05.034

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 100, Issue 7 , Pages 1119-1123 , 1 October 2007

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