Interrelationship between peripheral arterial occlusive disease, carotid atherosclerosis and flow mediated dilation of the brachial artery

International Angiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Poredoš, Pavel ^a   Golob, M ^a   Jensterle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arterial occlusive diseases; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Endothelium, vascular, physiology

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 0038386387     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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