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Merve Günes-Altan1, Agnes Bosch2, Kristina Striepe2

  • 1Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany (Drs Günes-Altan, Bosch, Striepe, Schiffer, Schmieder, and Kannenkeril); Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany (Drs Günes-Altan and Achenbach).

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在高风险的动脉样硬化心血管疾病患者中,添加ezetimibe 于他类药物治疗可能会改善内皮功能. 与单独使用他类药物相比,这种组合疗法显示出更好的流体介导血管扩张和较低的hsCRP水平.

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