Increase of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease After Exercise-Induced Ischemia

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Authors

Volker Adams · Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Karsten Lenk · Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Axel Linke · Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Dominik Lenz · Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Sandra Erbs · Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Markus Sandri · Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Attila Tárnok

Abstract

Patients with symptomatic CAD respond to a single episode of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia with a time-dependent increase in circulating EPCs. This increase may be related to and preceded by an increase in plasma VEGF.

Topics & Keywords

Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer Congenital heart defects research Lymphatic System and Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 684-690

DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000124104.23702.a0

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