Atherosclerosis progression affects the relationship between endothelial function and aortic stiffness

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-254

  Kopeć, Grzegorz ^a   Podolec, Piotr ^a   Podolec, Jakub ^b   Rubiś, Paweł ^a   Zmudka, Krzysztof ^b   Tracz, Wiesława ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aortic pulse wave velocity; Aortic stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Flow mediated dilatation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 67349240881     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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