Abstract
Experimental and clinical observation suggest that patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) have endothelial dysfunction. Postischemic digital blood flow, nailfold capillaroscopy, von Willebrand factor (vWf) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) plasma levels were examined in 59 PBC patients. Forty-six subjects (15 with liver diseases other than PBC, 11 hypercholesterolemics, 20 healthy subjects) served as controls. PBC versus healthy controls (209.8 +/- 1.4% and 16.54 +/- 1.44 ng/ml vs. 120.2 +/- 1.4% and 9.91 +/- 1.49 ng/ml; p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 75-79 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | International journal of microcirculation, clinical and experimental / sponsored by the European Society for Microcirculation |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Physiology