Assessment of peripheral vascular endothelial function in the ambulatory setting

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-16

  Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^a   Mammen, Anish ^a   Mooney, Paula ^a   Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^a   Karas, Richard H ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Brachial artery ultrasound; Endothelium; Flow mediated dilation; Peripheral arterial tonometry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION;

EID: 34147203940     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X06076227     Document Type: Article

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