Morphological and functional changes of the arterial wall in subjects at risk of atherosclerosis and in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-276

  Poredos P ^a   Kek, A ^a   Verhovec, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Intermittent claudication; Intima media thickness; Smoking; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REST;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0030730060     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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