Effects of exercise training on conduit and resistance vessel function in treated and untreated hypercholesterolaemic subjects

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1681-1689

  Walsh, Jennifer H ^a,b   Yong, Gerald ^b   Cheetham, Craig ^a,b   Watts, Gerald F ^a   O'Driscoll, Gerard J ^b   Taylor, Roger R ^a,b   Green, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cholesterol; Endothelial function; Exercise; Nitric oxide; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0141761438     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00384-1     Document Type: Article

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