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Editorial
. 2017 Nov 1;38(41):3105-3107.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx305.

Telomeres, oxidative stress, and myocardial infarction

Amir Rezvan  1
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Editorial

Telomeres, oxidative stress, and myocardial infarction

Amir Rezvan. Eur Heart J. .
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Figure 1
A simplified proposed schematic of the complex interactions between oxidative stress, telomere length, and coronary atherosclerotic disease (CAD). AMI, acute myocardial infarction; BTL, blood telomere length; EC, endothelial cell; ROS, reactive oxygen species; VSMC, vascular smooth muscle cell; VTL, vascular telomere length.
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