Single Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis Does Not Improve Vascular Endothelial Function in Chronically Treated Hypercholesterolemic Patients

Table 2

Brachial artery responses in patients prior to (Pre) and following LDL apheresis treatment.

	Pre	Post	1 d	3 d	7 d	14 d	(time)
Resting diameter, mm	4.53 ± 0.97	4.42 ± 0.96	4.46 ± 1.01	4.42 ± 1.04	4.44 ± 0.98	4.47 ± 0.98	0.13
Peak diameter, mm	4.82 ± 0.92	4.69 ± 0.92	4.74 ± 1.04	4.66 ± 1.03	4.75 ± 0.94	4.74 ± 1.00	0.18
FMD, mm	0.29 ± 0.11	0.26 ± 0.11	0.29 ± 0.15	0.24 ± 0.08	0.31 ± 0.16	0.27 ± 0.13	0.73
FMD, %	6.9 ± 3.7	6.5 ± 3.9	6.7 ± 3.3	5.9 ± 2.5	7.5 ± 4.7	6.3 ± 3.0	0.70
	26556 ± 10263	22015 ± 7700	25001 ± 11530	29741 ± 10119	31183 ± 11300	25761 ± 7871	0.27

Data are means ± SD; . FMD, flow-mediated dilation; , shear rate area under the curve.