Relationship between augmentation index and flow-mediated vasodilation in the brachial artery

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1293-1298

  Soga, Junko ^a   Nakamura, Shuji ^a   Nishioka, Kenji ^a   Umemura, Takashi ^a   Jitsuiki, Daisuke ^a   Hidaka, Takayuki ^a   Teragawa, Hiroki ^a   Takemoto, Hiroaki ^a   Goto, Chikara ^a   Yoshizumi, Masao ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Higashi, Yukihito ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Endothelial function; Flow mediated vasodilation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; VASODILATION;

EID: 55449130120     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1293     Document Type: Article

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