1. Abnormal brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in young adults with major depression.
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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Brook, Robert, Rubenfire, Melvyn, Pitt, Elaine, Young, Elizabeth, Pitt, Bertram, Rajagopalan, S, Brook, R, Rubenfire, M, Pitt, E, Young, E, and Pitt, B
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MENTAL depression , *ATHEROSCLEROSIS , *ANTIGEN analysis , *VASODILATION , *COMPARATIVE studies , *CORONARY disease , *ENDOTHELIUM , *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay , *HYPEREMIA , *INFLAMMATORY mediators , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *RESEARCH , *EVALUATION research , *BRACHIAL artery , *CASE-control method - Abstract
Depressive illness in patients without traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease is associated with striking abnormalities of endothelial function and elevation of circulating markers of atherosclerosis propensity. Further studies are needed to define the mechanisms that underlie these observations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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