The whole-body inflammatory response produced by cardiopulmonary bypass is an important cause of perioperative morbidity after cardiac operations. This inflammatory response produces reactive oxygen species and other cytotoxic substances, such…
Objectives. This study sought to examine effect of vitamin C, an antioxidant, on the abnormal vasomotor reactivity in spasm coronary arteries. Background. Oxygen free radicals generated in the arterial…
OBJECTIVES We sought to test the hypothesis that vascular endothelial function is impaired in Behçet’s syndrome and reflects increased levels of oxidative stress. BACKGROUND Behçet’s syndrome is a multisystem…
A common feature of cigarette-smoke (CS)-associated diseases such as atherosclerosis and pulmonary emphysema is the activation, aggregation, and adhesion of leukocytes to micro- and macrovascular endothelium. A previous study, using…