Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Reveals That Lipoprotein Apheresis Improves Myocardial But Not Skeletal Muscle Perfusion

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Aug;12(8 Pt 1):1441-1443. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.06.029. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

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Affiliation

¹ Unit of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. Electronic address: carlo.caiati@uniba.it.

PMID: 30553683
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.06.029

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Keywords: apheresis; contrast echocardiography; endothelial function; hypercholesterolemia; myocardial perfusion.

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MeSH terms

Blood Component Removal*
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia*
Lipoproteins
Myocardial Ischemia*

Substances

Lipoproteins