Noninvasive measurements of arterial stiffness: Repeatability and interrelationships with endothelial function and arterial morphology measures

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-349

  Huck, Corey J ^a   Bronas, Ulf G ^a   Williamson, Eric B ^a   Draheim, Christopher C ^a   Duprez, Daniel A ^b   Dengel, Donald R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PULSE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 34547671871     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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