Noninvasive studies of coronary and peripheral arterial blood-flow

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Edmundowicz, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial Artery; Coronary Flow Reserve; Endothelial Dysfunction; Endothelial Function; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 1842845434     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-002-0076-5     Document Type: Article

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