Small-size circulating endothelial microparticles in coronary artery disease.

OBJECTIVES: Several recent lines of evidence indicate that endothelial microparticles are a new biomarker that can be used to monitor endothelial dysfunction in coronary artery disease (CAD). However, data concerning the detection of small microparticles (diameter <0.5 µm) are lacking. The aim of...

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Main Authors: Shuai-Shuai Hu, Hong-Gang Zhang, Qiu-Ju Zhang, Rui-Juan Xiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4130587?pdf=render