Endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation in coronary and brachial arteries in suspected coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1535-1539

  Takase, Bonpei ^a,b,c   Uehata, Akimi ^a,b   Akima, Takashi ^a,b   Nagai, Tomoo ^a,b   Nishioka, Toshihiko ^a,b   Hamabe, Akira ^a,b   Satomura, Kimio ^a,b   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a,b   Kurita, Akira ^a,b  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032535699     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00702-4     Document Type: Article

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