Analysis of a Thermal Method for Assessing Endothelial Dysfunction

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 40, Issue , 2004, Pages 86-92

  Kharalkar, Nachiket ^a   Valvano, Jonathan W ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Computer based data acquisition; Endothelial function (EF); Heart attack; Nitric oxide (NO); Plaque; Reactive hyperemia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; CELLS; DATA ACQUISITION; NITROGEN OXIDES; THERMOANALYSIS;

CORONARY BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

ENDOCRINOLOGY;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CUFF; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ARM; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342527022     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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