Forearm haemodynamics, arterial stiffness and microcirculatory reactivity in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1273-1278

  Arosio, Enrico ^a,b   De Marchi, Sergio ^a   Rigoni, Anna ^a   Prior, Manlio ^a   Delva, Pietro ^a   Lechi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Centro Ospedaliero Clinicizzato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Microcirculation; Pulsewave velocity rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING; VASODILATATION;

EID: 34250316501     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3280b0157e     Document Type: Article

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