Ethnic differences in forearm vasodilator capacity

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-211

  Hinderliter, Alan L ^a   Sager, Andrew R ^b   Sherwood, Andrew ^b   Light, Kathleen C ^b   Girdler, Susan S ^b   Willis IV, Park W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030016113     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)90397-5     Document Type: Article

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