Decreased nitrate-mediated dilatation in patients with coronary artery ectasia: An ultrasonographic evaluation of brachial artery

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-369

  Aksoy, Yuksel ^a   Acikgoz, Nusret ^a   Sivri, Nasir ^a   Bariskaner, Emrah ^a   Akturk, Erdal ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery ectasia; Flow mediated dilatation; Nitrate mediated dilatation

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRACHIAL ANGIOGRAPHY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ARM; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITROGLYCERIN;

EID: 33748155820     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200606000-00007     Document Type: Article

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