Endothelial dysfunction: therapy revisited (brief excerpts) (round table discussion on 18/01/2001 at Mumbai).
Indians have highest incidence of coronary heart disease. Here it occurs much more prematurely. Endothelial dysfunction has been increasingly recognised as an early event for the development of various cardiovascular disease. Long acting nifedipine has a definite role to play in reversing endothelial dysfunction.
Kelly
D T
DT
Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW.
Gandhi
M J
MJ
D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011379:Prognosis; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D009543:Nifedipine