Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 8 , Pages 1666-1671 , 17 October 2006

Acute Effects of High-Fat Meals Enriched With Walnuts or Olive Oil on Postprandial Endothelial Function

  • Berenice Cortés, BS

      Affiliations

    • Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Secció d’Ecografia, Centre de Diagnòstic per l’Imatge, Barcelona, Spain
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Isabel Núñez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Lípids, Institut Clínic de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Barcelona, Spain
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Montserrat Cofán, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Secció d’Ecografia, Centre de Diagnòstic per l’Imatge, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Rosa Gilabert, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Lípids, Institut Clínic de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ana Pérez-Heras, RD

      Affiliations

    • Secció d’Ecografia, Centre de Diagnòstic per l’Imatge, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Elena Casals, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Diagnòstic Biològic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Ramón Deulofeu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Diagnòstic Biològic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Emilio Ros, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Secció d’Ecografia, Centre de Diagnòstic per l’Imatge, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Emilio Ros, Unitat de Lípids, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.

Received 22 March 2006 ,Revised 31 May 2006 ,Accepted 6 June 2006.

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 Supported by an unrestricted grant and provision of walnuts by the California Walnut Commission (CWC), Sacramento, California, and by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS 00/0992, RT/C03-01, RT/G03-140). Berenice Cortés was supported by a grant from Fundación Carolina, Madrid, Spain. Dr. Ros serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the CWC.

PII: S0735-1097(06)01912-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.057

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 8 , Pages 1666-1671 , 17 October 2006

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