Flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery in pregnancy at high altitude

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 930-937

  Kametas, Nikos A ^a   Savvidou, Makrina D ^a   Donald, Ann E ^b   McAuliffe, Fionnuala ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MATERNITY WARD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART RATE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036676435     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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