Abnormal endothelial function in young African-American females: Discordance with blood flow

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 113-119

  Bransford, Toni L ^a,d   St Vrain, Jeanette A ^b   Webb, Meredith ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Ethnicity; Women

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITROGLYCERIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0035324264     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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