Clinical Correlates and Heritability of Flow-Mediated Dilation in the Community: The Framingham Heart Study

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,c   Larson, Martin G ^a,c   Keyes, Michelle J ^c   Mitchell, Gary F ^b   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,c   Keaney Jr , John F ^a   Lehman, Birgitta T ^c   Fan, Shuxia ^c   Osypiuk, Ewa ^c   Vita, Joseph A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Epidemiology; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; ELBOW; ENDOTHELIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 10744221815     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000112565.60887.1E     Document Type: Article

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