Evaluation of L-Arginine Reactivity in Comparison with Flow-Mediated Dilatation and Intima-Media Thickness

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1546-1551

  Pretnar Oblak, Janja ^a   Sabovic, Miso ^a   Vidmar, Gaj ^a   Zaletel, Marjan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endothelium; Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; L arginine; Transcranial Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENDOTHELIUM; FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; L-ARGININE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARGININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARGININE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 34548856787     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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