Variability of flow-mediated dilation measurements with repetitive reactive hyperemia

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Harris, Ryan A ^a   Padilla, Jaume ^a   Rink, Lawrence D ^b   Wallace, Janet P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Internal Medicine Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelium; Ischemia; Repetitive reactive hyperemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASODILATION;

EID: 33644785903     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x06vm641oa     Document Type: Article

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