Masahiko Fujihara

Serum Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile and Carotid Intima-media Thickness in Japanese Atherosclerotic Patients Hospitalized for Endovascular Therapy

Hisataka Nakamura, Keita Odashiro, Masahiko Fujihara, Mitsuhiro Fukata, Takeshi Arita, Taku Yokoyama, Shioto Yasuda, Toru Maruyama & Koichi Akashi · Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal · 2016

Aims: Serum eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) ratio (EPA/AA) in Japanese is rapidly changing according to the senescence and food westernization, and sonographic carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is increasingly used as a surrogate of systemic atheros...