Dietary nitrate reverses vascular dysfunction in older adults with moderately increased cardiovascular risk

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 22;63(15):1584-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.691. Epub 2013 Aug 28.

Authors

Christos Rammos¹, Ulrike B Hendgen-Cotta¹, Julia Sobierajski¹, Andrea Bernard¹, Malte Kelm¹, Tienush Rassaf²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: tienush.rassaf@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.

PMID: 23994403
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.691

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aging*
Animals
Blood Vessels / drug effects
Blood Vessels / physiopathology*
Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / physiopathology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / prevention & control
Dietary Supplements*
Endothelium, Vascular / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Morbidity / trends
Nitrates / pharmacology*
Risk Factors
Survival Rate / trends
Vasodilation / drug effects*

Substances

Nitrates