Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Decreased Rate of Coronary Restenosis after Lowering of Plasma Homocysteine Levels

2001; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 345; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa011364

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Guido Schnyder, Marco Roffi, Riccardo Pin, Yvonne Flammer, Helmut W. Lange, Franz Eberli, Bernhard Meier, Zoltan G. Turi, Otto M. Hess,

Tópico(s)

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Resumo

We have previously demonstrated an association between elevated total plasma homocysteine levels and restenosis after percutaneous coronary angioplasty. We designed this study to evaluate the effect of lowering plasma homocysteine levels on restenosis after coronary angioplasty.

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