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SUBMITTER: Mouquet F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2663725 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mouquet Frédéric F Cuilleret François F Susen Sophie S Sautière Karine K Marboeuf Philippe P Ennezat Pierre Vladimir PV McFadden Eugène E Pigny Pascal P Richard Florence F Hennache Bernadette B Vantyghem Marie Christine MC Bertrand Michel M Dallongeville Jean J Jude Brigitte B Van Belle Eric E
European heart journal 20090122 7
<h4>Aims</h4>The metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. Patients with the MS have endothelial dysfunction, decreased circulating adiponectin, and a high expression of angiogenic inhibitors such as plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). We hypothesized that such patients, in the event of a coronary occlusion, might exhibit a less developed collateral circulation.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Three hundred and eighty-seven consecutive patients with at least ...[more]