Flow-mediated dilatation has no independent prognostic effect in patients with chest pain with or without ischaemic heart disease

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-480

  Ulriksen, Line Skjold ^a   Malmqvist, Beata B ^a   Hansen, Are ^a   Friberg, Jens ^a   Jensen, Gorm B ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; myocardial infarction; vascular endothelium; vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANGINA;

EID: 67651151329     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510902745378     Document Type: Article

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