Additional benefit of vitamin E supplementation to simvastatin therapy on vasoreactivity of the brachial artery of hypercholesterolemic men
Thomas Neunteufl, MDa,
Karam Kostner, MDa,
Reinhold Katzenschlager, MDb,
Manfred Zehetgruber, MDa,
Gerald Maurer, MD, FACCa and
Franz Weidinger, MDa
a Department of Cardiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
b Department of Vascular Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Figure 1 Flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) values of seven patients with hypercholesterolemia at baseline (BL I, II) after combined lipid-lowering and antioxidant therapy (Comb I, II) and after single lipid-lowering therapy (Statin).
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Figure 2 Nitroglycerin-induced dilation (NMD) values of seven patients with hypercholesterolemia at baseline (BL I, II) after combined lipid-lowering and antioxidant therapy (Comb I, II) and after single lipid-lowering therapy (Statin).
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Figure 3 Mean values of flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD), plasma cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and alpha-tocopherol/LDL at baseline (BL I, II) after combined lipid-lowering and antioxidant therapy (Comb I, II) and after single lipid-lowering therapy (Statin).
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