Evaluation of the early stage of carotid atherosclerosis using the vascular response to nitroglycerin and high-resolution ultrasonography

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 494-498

  Lai, Cha Po ^a   Koyanagi, Samon ^c   Shaw, Cheng Kuang ^b   Takeshita, Akira ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Nitroglycerin; Vascular elasticity

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031868857     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.494     Document Type: Article

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