Circulating CD34+/KDR+ endothelial progenitor cells are reduced in chronic heart failure patients as a function of
Emeline M Van Craenenbroeck1, Johan Denollet, Bernard P Paelinck
1Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium. emeline.vancraenenbroeck@ua.ac.be
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to assess whether EPC (endothelial progenitor cell) number/function might be an explanatory factor for the observed relationship between Type D personality (a joint tendency towards negative affectivity and social inhibition) and poor cardiovascular prognosis. We also assessed whether the effect of a single exercise bout on EPC number/function was affected by Type D personality. A total of 35 sedentary men with CHF (chronic heart failure; left ventricular ejection fraction
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