Abstract
In an aging western population, a significant number of patients continue to suffer from angina once all revascularization and optimal medical treatment options are exhausted. Under experimental conditions, oral supplementation with inorganic nitrate was shown to exhibit a blood pressure-lowering effect, and has also been shown to promote angiogenesis, improve endothelial dysfunction and mitochondrial efficiency in skeletal muscle. It is unknown whether similar changes occur in cardiac muscle. In the current study, we investigate whether oral sodium nitrate treatment will improve myocardial ischemia in patients with stable angina.
Acknowledgements
The authors are very grateful to A Cardy (Scottish Primary Research Network) for her help with recruitment from primary care centers. The authors would also like to thanks V Harries, A Rudd and F Adamson for their assistance with facilitation of study recruitment.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
The study is funded by the Medical Research Council. Edura CT number: 2012-000196-17. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02078921. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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