The acute impact of high-dose lipid-lowering treatment on endothelial progenitor cells in patients with coronary artery disease—The REMEDY-EPC early substudy

• Rosalinda Madonna,

  Affiliations Center of Aging Sciences and Translational Medicine – CESI-MeT, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neurosciences, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

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• Francesca Vera Renna,

  Affiliation Center of Aging Sciences and Translational Medicine – CESI-MeT, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

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• Paola Lanuti,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neurosciences, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

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• Matteo Perfetti,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neurosciences, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

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• Marco Marchisio,

  Affiliations Center of Aging Sciences and Translational Medicine – CESI.MeT, Chieti, Italy, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

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• Carlo Briguori,

  Affiliation Clinica Mediterranea, Naples, Italy

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• Gerolama Condorelli,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies "Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

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• Lamberto Manzoli,

  Affiliations Center of Aging Sciences and Translational Medicine – CESI-MeT, Chieti, Italy, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Regional Healthcare Agency of Abruzzo, Pescara, Italy

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• Raffaele De Caterina

  * E-mail: rdecater@unich.it

  Affiliations Center of Aging Sciences and Translational Medicine – CESI-MeT, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neurosciences, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1637-574X

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