title: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) a novel cardiovascular risk factor--evidence from epidemiological and prospective clinical trials.
abstract: There is a growing clinical evidence to support the hypothesis that asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase is a new independent cardiovascular risk factor. ADMA mediates endothelial dysfunction in lipid disorders, coronary artery disease, chronic heart failure, diabetes mellitus and hypertension. The aim of this review was to summarize the latest evidence from epidemiological and prospective clinical trials and to emphasize the role of ADMAas a cardiovascular risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of Internal and Occupational Diseases and Arterial Hypertension in Wrocław, Pasteura 4, PL 50-367 Wrocław, Poland. szubaa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szuba
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Podgórski
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C018524:N,N-dimethylarginine; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase