Spontaneous and endothelial-independent vasodilation are impaired in patients with spontaneous carotid dissection: A case-control study

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-406

  Baumgartner, Ralf W ^a,b   Lienhardt, Barbara ^a   Mosso, Maria ^a   Gandjour, Joubin ^a   Michael, Nicolaus ^a   Georgiadis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Neurology Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arteries; Nitroglycerin; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33846573799     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000254495.26827.2e     Document Type: Article

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