Interobserver and intraobserver variability of flow-mediated vasodilatation of the brachial artery

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-83

  Simova, Iana ^a   Nossikoff, Alexander ^a   Denchev, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial dysfunction; Flow mediated vasodilatation; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 38049051455     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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