InhaltsangabeGeneral Concepts about Oxidative Stress.- Lipoproteins and Oxidation.- Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.- The Antioxidant Hypothesis.- Reactive Oxygen Species as Mediators of Signal Transduction in Cardiovascular Diseases.- Biomarkers of Oxidant Stress in Vivo: Oxidative Modifications of Lipids, Proteins and DNA.- Pharmacological Compounds with Antioxidant Activity.- Antioxidant Nutrients and Antioxidant Nutrient-Rich Foods Against Coronary Heart Disease.- Antioxidants and Chronic Vascular Disease: Animal Studies.- Synthetic Antioxidants and Atherosclerosis: Human Studies.- Antioxidants and Endothelial Function: Human Studies.- Antioxidant Vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease: Randomized Trials Fail to Fulfill the Promises of Observational Epidemiology.- Antioxidants and Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Animal Studies.- Antioxidants and Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Human Studies.- Oxidative Stress in Hypertension.- Oxidative Stress in the Development of Diabetes and its Complications.- Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Functions of High Density Lipoproteins.- Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure.- Use of Antioxidants in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.

InhaltsangabeGeneral Concepts about Oxidative Stress.- Lipoproteins and Oxidation.- Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.- The Antioxidant Hypothesis.- Reactive Oxygen Species as Mediators of Signal Transduction in Cardiovascular Diseases.- Biomarkers of Oxidant Stress in Vivo: Oxidative Modifications of Lipids, Proteins and DNA.- Pharmacological Compounds with Antioxidant Activity.- Antioxidant Nutrients and Antioxidant Nutrient-Rich Foods Against Coronary Heart Disease.- Antioxidants and Chronic Vascular Disease: Animal Studies.- Synthetic Antioxidants and Atherosclerosis: Human Studies.- Antioxidants and Endothelial Function: Human Studies.- Antioxidant Vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease: Randomized Trials Fail to Fulfill the Promises of Observational Epidemiology.- Antioxidants and Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Animal Studies.- Antioxidants and Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Human Studies.- Oxidative Stress in Hypertension.- Oxidative Stress in the Development of Diabetes and its Complications.- Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Functions of High Density Lipoproteins.- Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure.- Use of Antioxidants in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.

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