Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis · ISSN (print) 0021-9150 · 4 papers in corpus
review 2022
doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.04.006 ·PMID:35606076

An elevated level of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a genetically regulated, independent, causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, the extensive variability in Lp(a) levels between individuals and population groups cannot be fully…

observational 2011
doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.005 ·PMID:21880316

OBJECTIVE: Enhanced inflammatory responses which may inhibit vascular reactivity, are associated with endometriosis development. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an inhibitor of endogenous nitric oxide synthase, is also implicated in end…

nonrandomized-trial 1992
doi:10.1016/0021-9150(92)90008-5 ·PMID:1533522

Serum levels of lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins were measured in 26 premenopausal women with endometriosis both before and after six months therapy with the anabolic steroid danazol (600 mg/day) and in 15 untreated women who acted …

nonrandomized-trial 1982
doi:10.1016/0021-9150(82)90105-8 ·PMID:7092979

Prior studies of lipid and lipoprotein levels alterations associated with the administration of danazol, a testosterone derivative, in patients treated for endometriosis have been conflicting. We administered danazol to 7 normal menstruatin…