Conduit Artery Constriction Mediated by Low Flow. A Novel Noninvasive Method for the Assessment of Vascular Function

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1953-1958

  Gori, Tommaso ^a,b   Dragoni, Saverio ^a   Lisi, Monica ^a   Di Stolfo, Giuseppe ^a   Sonnati, Serena ^a   Fineschi, Massimo ^a   Parker, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FLUCONAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 43049163858     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.049     Document Type: Article

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