Atrial fibrillation impairs endothelial function of forearm vessels in humans

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-54

  Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ishibashi, Yutaka ^a   Shimada, Toshio ^a   Sakane, Takeshi ^a   Ohata, Shuzo ^a   Sugamori, Takashi ^a   Ohta, Yoko ^a   Inoue, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakamura, Ko ^a   Shimizu, Hiromi ^a   Katoh, Harumi ^a   Sano, Kazuya ^a   Murakami, Yo ^a   Hashimoto, Michio ^b  

^a Fourth Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardioversion; Endothelium dependent vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVERSION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN PERFUSION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0035069011     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2001.22107     Document Type: Article

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