Brachial flow-mediated dilation predicts incident cardiovascular events in older adults: The cardiovascular health study

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2390-2397

  Yeboah, Joseph ^a   Crouse, John R ^a   Hsu, Fang Chi ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^a   Herrington, David M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular diseases; Endothelium derived factors; Prognosis; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOURNIQUETS; UNITED STATES; VASODILATION;

EID: 34248196019     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.678276     Document Type: Article

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