Abstract 955: Vascular Function and Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger’s Disease)

• Published in: Circulation Vol. 118; no. suppl_18
• Main Authors: Nishioka, Kenji, Higashi, Yukihito, Umemura, Takashi, Jituiki, Daisuke, Goto, Chikara, Nakamura, Syuji, Hidaka, Takayuki, Fujii, Yuichi, Soga, Jyunko, Hata, Takaki, Idei, Naomi, Fujimura, Noritaka, Teragawa, Hiroki, Kihara, Yasuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) 28.10.2008

Abstract only Background: Buerger’s disease is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Several lines of evidence have shown that the circulating number and function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are surrogate biologic markers for cardiovascular diseases. Methods and Results: The purpose of...