Resting microvascular resistance and conduit artery tone: Relevance to endothelium-dependent flow-mediated dilation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 677-682

  Lauer, Thomas ^a   Heiss, Christian ^a   Balzer, Jan ^a   Keymel, Stefanie ^a   Kelm, Malte ^a   Preik, Michael ^a   Rassaf, Tienush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

flow mediated dilatation; microcirculation; vasomotor tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY TONE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749093931     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32830eb6d8     Document Type: Article

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