As cardioprotective and angiogenic biomarker, can ghrelin predict coronary collateral development and severity of coronary atherosclerosis?

• Main Authors: Mehmet Kadri Akboğa (Author), Gülten Taçoy (Author), Canan Yılmaz Demirtaş (Author), Sedat Türkoğlu (Author), Bülent Boyacı (Author), Atiye Çengel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Ghrelin exerts protective effects on cardiovascular system by inhibiting progression of atherosclerosis, supression of vascular inflammation, and stimulating angiogenesis. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of serum ghrelin on coronary collateral development and SYN...