Correlation between flow-mediated vasodilatation of the brachial artery and intima-media thickness in the carotid artery in men

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2795-2800

  Hashimoto, Masayoshi ^a   Eto, Masato ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Kozaki, Koichi ^a   Ako, Junya ^a   Iijima, Katsuya ^a   Kim, Seungbum ^a   Toba, Kenji ^a   Yoshizumi, Masao ^a   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Endothelium; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032741930     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.11.2795     Document Type: Article

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