Endothelial dysfunction in the early stage of atherosclerosis precedes appearance of intimal lesions assessable with intravascular ultrasound

The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine

1980 • 12,033 citations

Paradoxical Vasoconstriction Induced by Acetylcholine in Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries

1986 • 2,422 citations

Modulation of coronary vasomotor tone in humans. Progressive endothelial dysfunction with different early stages of coronary atherosclerosis.

1991 • 1,010 citations

Impairment of endothelium-dependent arterial relaxation by lysolecithin in modified low-density lipoproteins

1990 • 871 citations

Intravascular ultrasound assessment of lumen size and wall morphology in normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease.

1991 • 673 citations

Intravascular ultrasound imaging: In vitro validation and pathologic correlation

1990 • 629 citations

Effect of hypercholesterolemia on vascular reactivity in the rabbit. I. Endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent contractions and relaxations in isolated arteries of control and hypercholesterolemic rabbits.

1986 • 535 citations

Impaired muscarinic endothelium-dependent relaxation and cyclic guanosine 5'-monophosphate formation in atherosclerotic human coronary artery and rabbit aorta.

1987 • 534 citations

Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation of forearm resistance vessels in hypercholesterolaemia

1992 • 475 citations

Intracoronary ultrasound in cardiac transplant recipients. In vivo evidence of "angiographically silent" intimal thickening.

1992 • 471 citations

Evidence that selective endothelial dysfunction may occur in the absence of angiographic or ultrasound atherosclerosis in patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis

1994 • 457 citations

Selective attenuation of endothelium-mediated vasodilation in atherosclerotic human coronary arteries.

1988 • 422 citations

Atherosclerosis influences the vasomotor response of epicardial coronary arteries to exercise.

1989 • 368 citations

Restoration of endothelium-dependent relaxation by dietary treatment of atherosclerosis.

1987 • 354 citations

Endothelial dysfunction in patients with chest pain and normal coronary arteries.

1992 • 234 citations

Patients with evidence of coronary endothelial dysfunction as assessed by acetylcholine infusion demonstrate marked increase in sensitivity to constrictor effects of catecholamines.

1992 • 214 citations

Intravascular ultrasound imaging of angiographically normal coronary arteries: An in vivo comparison with quantitative angiography

1991 • 184 citations

Native and oxidized low‐density lipoproteins have different inhibitory effects on endothelium‐derived relaxing factor in the rabbit aorta

1990 • 183 citations

Detection and Characterization of Vascular Lesions by Intravascular Ultrasound: An In Vitro Study Correlated with Histology

1992 • 175 citations

Loss of flow-mediated endothelium-dependent dilation occurs early in the development of atherosclerosis.

1991 • 165 citations

Effects of an Imprinting Procedure on RNA Polymerase Activity in the Chick Brain

1970 • 154 citations

Effects of lysolipids and oxidatively modified low density lipoprotein on endothelium-dependent relaxation of rabbit aorta.

1993 • 145 citations

Fish oil improves endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation in heart transplant recipients

1993 • 101 citations

Functional significance of intimal thickening as detected by intravascular ultrasound early and late after cardiac transplantation.

1993 • 92 citations

Effect of lipid feeding on endothelium dependent relaxation in rabbit aortic preparations

1987 • 87 citations

Hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis change vascular reactivity in rabbits by different mechanisms.

1991 • 70 citations

Geometric Accuracy of Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging

1992 • 44 citations

Impaired cholinergic vasodilation in the cholesterol-fed rabbit in vivo

1987 • 36 citations

Intravascular ultrasound imaging of saphenous vein grafts in vitro: Comparison with histologic and quantitative angiographic findings

1992 • 33 citations

Unrecognized stenosis by angiography documented by intravascular ultrasound imaging

1991 • 27 citations

Atherosclerosis and Responses of Human Isolated Coronary Arteries to Endothelium-Dependent and -Independent Vasodilators

1989 • 24 citations

Atherosclerosis and Responses of Human Isolated Coronary Arteries to Endothelium-Dependent and -Independent Vasodilators

1989 • 21 citations

Lovastatin prevents the impairment of endothelium dependent relaxation and inhibits accumulation of cholesterol in the aorta in experimental atherosclerosis in rabbits

1991 • 20 citations

Assessment of coronary vasomotion by intracoronary ultrasound

1993 • 14 citations

Assessment of changes in vasomotor tone in vivo using intravascular ultrasound

1992 • 8 citations