The association between serum urate levels and arterial stiffness/endothelial function in stroke survivors

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-379

  Khan, Faisel ^a   George, Jacob ^a   Wong, Kenneth ^a   McSwiggan, Stephen ^a   Struthers, Allan D ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Endothelium; Stroke; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GENDER; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URIC ACID;

EID: 52049125225     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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