Peripheral vascular endothelial function correlates with exercise capacity in cardiac transplant recipients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 897-899

  Patel, Ayan R ^a   Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^a   DeNofrio, David ^a   Kinan, Debra ^a   Sliney, Kathleen A ^a   Eranki, Kalyani P ^a   Pandian, Natesa G ^a   Udelson, James E ^a   Konstam, Marvin A ^a   Karas, Richard H ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0037378126     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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