Relationship between brachial artery flow-mediated dilation and coronary flow reserve in patients with peripheral artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1997-2002

  Pellegrino, Teresa ^a   Storto, Giovanni ^a,b   Filardi, Pasquale Perrone ^a   Sorrentino, Anna Rita ^a   Silvestro, Antonio ^a   Petretta, Mario ^a   Brevetti, Gregorio ^a   Chiariello, Massimo ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a,b   Cuocolo, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Flow mediated dilation; Peripheral artery disease

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART MUSCLE; KINETICS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33644876592     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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