supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81274109,30973238);Key Research Project of Beijing Natural Science Foundation(B)/Beijing Education Committee(KZ201010025024);Science and Technology Innovation Platform(PXM2011_014226_07_000085).
Background:Ongoing low-grade inflammation and endothelial dysfunction persist in children with coronary lesions diagnosed with Kawasaki disease(KD).Statins,frequently used in the management of high cholesterol,have al...
Objective:To investigate the impacts of Xuezhikang(血脂康,XZK)or pravastatin combined with antihypertensive drugs on circulating endothelial progenitor cells(CEPCs)in essential hypertensive (EH)patients.Methods:Eighty...
AIM: Vascular injury caused by monocrotalin (MC) can affect endothelial regulation and induces pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. We showed previously that pravastatin prevented the development of MC-induced pu...
One of the major pathogenesis of coronary heart disease is hyperchoresterolemiaAlthough choresterol reducing therapy can decrease the morbidity and mortality ofcoronary heart disease,what is less certain is the porten...