Long-term association of brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation and cardiovascular events in middle-aged subjects with no apparent heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Shechter, Michael ^a,b   Issachar, Assaf ^a,b   Marai, Ibrahim ^a,b   Koren Morag, Nira ^a,b   Freinark, Dov ^a,b   Shahar, Yael ^a,b   Shechter, Alon ^a,b   Feinberg, Micha S ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149106514     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.021     Document Type: Article

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