Peripheral endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilatation is associated with left ventricular mass in older persons with hypertension

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Sung, Jidong ^a   Ouyang, Pamela ^a   Bacher, Anita C ^a   Turner, Katherine L ^a   DeRegis, Jamie R ^a   Hees, Paul S ^a   Silber, Harry A ^a   Shapiro, Edward P ^a   Stewart, Kerry J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036308996     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122872     Document Type: Article

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