El impacto de la detección de disfunción endotelial en la aterosclerosis: estudio mediante tomografía por emisión de positrones

The endothelium plays an important role in the regulation of the intracellular fluid, vascular permeability, and modulation of vascular focal tone and angiogenesis. Endothelial dysfunction is manifested by the loss of the endothelium ability to modulate physiology changes in its vascular bed, and actually it is considered a prognostic marker of coronary artery disease. The relevance of assessing endothelial dysfunction relies in that it has been observed in different pathologies like DM, dyslipidemia, hypertension, tabaquism Impact of the detection of endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis: Assessment by positron emission tomography