Chronic heart failure is associated with vascular remodeling of the brachial artery

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Poelzl, Gerhard ^a   Frick, Matthias ^a   Huegel, Heike ^a   Lackner, Benedikt ^a   Alber, Hannes F ^a   Mair, Johannes ^a   Herold, Manfred ^a   Schwarzacher, Severin ^a   Pachinger, Otmar ^a   Weidinger, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Growth substances; Heart failure; Remodeling; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 19944427116     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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