Forearm hyperemia is a better marker than carotid intima-media thickness or ankle-brachial index for coronary artery disease in Japanese males under 65

Hypertension Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-65

  Tonari, Satoko ^a   Nishimura, Hikaru ^a   Fukunishi, Kiyo ^a   Mori, Tatsuhiko ^a   Kitaura, Yasushi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid ultrasound; Coronary artery disease; Endothelial dysfunction; Forearm reactive hyperemia; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOREARM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037272821     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.26.59     Document Type: Article

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