The correlation between coronary stenosis index and flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 425-430

  Kaku, Bunji ^a   Mizuno, Sumio ^a   Ohsato, Kazuo ^a   Murakami, Tatsuaki ^a   Moriuchi, Ikuo ^a   Aral, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nio, Yutaka ^a   Hirase, Hiroaki ^a   Nagata, Mitsuru ^a   Takahashi, Yoshifumi ^a   Ohnaka, Masateru ^a  

^a Fukui Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary stenosis index; Flow mediated dilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OBESITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 3042908558     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.425     Document Type: Article

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