Use of a flow-mediated vasodilation technique to assess endothelial function in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1533-1540

  Puglia, Gary D ^a   Freeman, Lisa M ^a   Rush, John E ^a   King, Ryan G P ^a   Crawford, Sybil L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748742374     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.9.1533     Document Type: Article

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