Endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease
Year: 2014
Type: review
Abstract: The endothelium, by area alone, is one of the largest organs in the body comprised of up to trillion cells, weighing over 1 kg, and covering nearly 3m2 in a 70 kg male.1,2 Moreover, it interacts with nearly every system in the body, and has been implicated in end organ diseases of systems such as neurologic, renal, hepatic, vascular, dermatologic, immunologic, and of course cardiac. The
DOI: 10.5339/gcsp.2014.43
Authors: R. Jay Widmer, Amir Lerman
Institution: Mayo Clinic
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2002922221