Is soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 related to endothelial vasodilatory function in healthy individuals?
ICAM-1 was related to endothelial vasodilatory function, but not to IMT, suggesting that endothelial inflammatory activation is related to an impaired vascular relaxation in apparently healthy individuals.
In patients with stable coronary artery disease and preserved left ventricular function, those having cardiac troponin I > 0.012 ng/ml, but not those having BNP >100 pg/mL, had higher plasma phosphorus, higher plasma calcium and lower plasma 25-OH vitamin D concentrations than those having cardiac troponin I ≤ 0.012 ng/ml (or BNP ≤ 100 pg/mL).