Association of shorter mean telomere length with large artery stiffness in patients with coronary heart disease.

Background: Accumulating evidence implicates leukocyte telomere length (LTL) shortening as a potential risk predictor for cardiovascular disease. Arterial stiffness chronicles the cumulative burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors. Therefore, the capacity of LTL to predict arterial stiffness was examined.

[Chemiluminescence method for determination of dipyridamole].

A new system for the determination of dipyridamole with flow injection chemiluminescence was described. It is based on the chemiluminescence reaction of dipyridamole-potassium permanganate with rhodamine B. Tween-80 was found to be an enhancer of the chemiluminescence reaction.