Effect of cardiac cycle on ultrasound assessment of endothelial function

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Chuang, Michael L ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Bisinov, Elizabeth A ^a   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Endothelial function; Ultrasound; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTHELIUM; ERROR; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0036403052     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x02vm425oa     Document Type: Article

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