title: Smoking is associated with depletion of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure in patients with coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Sheng
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guo-Hui
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Kai-Hang
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Yiu
authors.forename: Lixue
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Stephen W L
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chung-Wah
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Hung-Fat
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Tse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D042783:Endothelial Cells; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013234:Stem Cells; D014655:Vascular Resistance