Racial differences in endothelial function in postmenopausal women

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 606-611

  Loehr, Laura R ^a   Espeland, Mark A ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b   Burke, Gregory L ^a   Crouse III, John R ^a   Herrington, David M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 5344229347     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.04.032     Document Type: Article

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