Noninvasive tests of vascular function and structure: Why and how to perform them

American Heart Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 694-703

  Fathi, Robert ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035042423     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.114972     Document Type: Article

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