Endothelial Dysfunction

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  • Piero O. Bonetti
    From the Center for Coronary Physiology and Imaging (P.O.B., A.L.), Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Division of Hypertension (L.A.L.), Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn.
  • Lilach O. Lerman
    From the Center for Coronary Physiology and Imaging (P.O.B., A.L.), Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Division of Hypertension (L.A.L.), Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn.
  • Amir Lerman
    From the Center for Coronary Physiology and Imaging (P.O.B., A.L.), Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Division of Hypertension (L.A.L.), Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

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  • A Marker of Atherosclerotic Risk

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<jats:p>Endothelial dysfunction is a systemic disorder and a key variable in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its complications. Current evidence suggests that endothelial status is not determined solely by the individual risk factor burden but rather, may be regarded as an integrated index of all atherogenic and atheroprotective factors present in an individual, including known as well as yet-unknown variables and genetic predisposition. Endothelial dysfunction reflects a vascular phenotype prone to atherogenesis and may therefore serve as a marker of the inherent atherosclerotic risk in an individual. In line with this hypothesis, dysfunction of either the coronary or peripheral vascular endothelium was shown to constitute an independent predictor of cardiovascular events, providing valuable prognostic information additional to that derived from conventional risk factor assessment. Interventions like risk factor modification and treatment with various drugs, including statins and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, may improve endothelial function and thereby, potentially prognosis. Hence, given its reversibility and granted the availability of a diagnostic tool to identify patients at risk and to control the efficacy of therapy in clinical practice, endothelial dysfunction may be an attractive primary target in the effort to optimize individualized therapeutic strategies to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.</jats:p>

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