Noninvasive assessment of endothelial dysfunction in essential hypertension: Comparison of the forearm microvascular reactivity with flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 224-228

  Farkas, Katalin ^a   Fábián, Emília ^a   Kolossváry, Endre ^a   Járai, Zoltán ^a   Farsang, Csaba ^a  

^a Szent Imre Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

EID: 16544380648     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1276423     Document Type: Article

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