Predictive value of noninvasively determined endothelial dysfunction for long-term cardiovascular events in patients with peripheral vascular disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1769-1775

  Gokce, Noyan ^a   Keaney Jr , John F ^a   Hunter, Liza M ^a   Watkins, Michael T ^b   Nedeljkovic, Zoran S ^a   Menzoian, James O ^a   Vita, Joseph A ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; ULTRASOUND; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0037799889     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00333-4     Document Type: Article

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