Systemic endothelial dysfunction is related to the extent and severity of coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-118

  Neunteufl, Thomas ^a   Katzenschlager, Reinhold ^a   Hassan, Ali ^a   Klaar, Ursula ^a   Schwarzacher, Severin ^a   Glogar, Dietmar ^a   Bauer, Peter ^a   Weidinger, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

brachial artery; coronary artery disease; endothelium; flow mediated vasodilation; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031059245     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(96)06018-2     Document Type: Article

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