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Endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jul 2000
Obayashi K, Ando Y, Nakamura M, Terazaki H, Yamashita T, Tashima K, Suga M, Uchino M, Ando M
Abstract excerpt
We examined endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in 15 familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTR) Valine30Methionine (Val30Met) patients and 12 healthy volunteers. Using ultrasonography, we measured the radial artery diameters under both baseline and hyperemic conditions. Endothelium-dependent vasodilatation was expressed as a percent increase in the diameters of the radial...
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