Clinical assessment of endothelial function

Endothelium: Journal of Endothelial Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 367-374

  Adams, Mark R ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Risk; Endothelium; Nitric Oxide; Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; COLESTYRAMINE; CREACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PAPAVERINE; SERUM AMYLOID A; SUBSTANCE P; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACCURACY; AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG RESEARCH; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 33845666804     PISSN: 10623329     EISSN: 10292373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10623320601061573     Document Type: Article

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