Brachial flow-mediated vasodilator responses in population-based research: Methods, reproducibility and effects of age, gender and baseline diameter

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 319-328

  Herrington, D M ^a   Fan, L ^a   Drum, M ^a   Riley, W A ^a   Pusser, B E ^a   Grouse, J R ^a   Burke, G L ^a   McBurnie, M A ^a   Morgan, T M ^a   Espeland, M A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Methods; Ultrasonography; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034776872     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043798-200110000-00012     Document Type: Article

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