Brachial artery vasoreactivity is associated with cross-sectional and longitudinal anatomical measures of atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 674-681

  Gatto, Nicole M ^a   Hodis, Howard N ^a   Liu, Chao Ran ^a   Liu, Chi Hua ^a   Mack, Wendy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Brachial artery flow mediated dilation; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery; Endothelial function; Longitudinal; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 38349122749     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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