Brachial artery reactivity: Clinical tool or research toy?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 693-696

  Corretti, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STIMULATION; THROMBOGENICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASODILATION;

EID: 3042828487     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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