Assessment of endothelium-mediated vasodilation of the peripheral circulation by transcutaneous ultrasonography and venous occlusion plethysmography

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Wu, Henry D ^a   Katz, Stuart D ^a   Beniaminovitz, Ainat ^a   Khan, Tehreen ^a   Ditullio, Marco R ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelium; Plethysmography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033404793     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482298     Document Type: Article

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