Analysis of forearm blood flow - A surrogate for the diagnosis of coronary atherosclerosis?;Analyse der Unterarmzirkulation - Ein Surrogat fur die Diagnostik koronarer Durchblutungsstorungen?

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Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-134

  Rosenberger, Gunter ^a,b   Fichtischerer, Stephan ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial dysfunction; Forearm blood flow; Strain gauge forearm plethysmography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; REVIEW; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031889938     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03044543     Document Type: Review

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