Exercise and endothelial function

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-122

  Sherman, Debra L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EDRF; Endothelial function; Endothelin 1; Endothelium; Flow mediated vasodilation; PAI 1; Prostacyclin; Shear stress; t PA

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; EXERCISE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034113003     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200003000-00005     Document Type: Review

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