Does a glass of red wine improve endothelial function?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Agewall, Stefan ^a,c   Wright, S ^b   Doughty, R N ^b   Whalley, G A ^b   Duxbury, M ^b   Sharpe, N ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Ethanol; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUFF; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WINE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ETHANOL; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; WINE;

EID: 0033987705     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1759     Document Type: Article

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