Interdependence of cardiac and endothelial function in patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure of nonischemic etiology

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 916-921

  Vittorio, Timothy J ^a,f   Zolty, Ron ^b   Garg, Parveen K ^c   Sarswat, Nitasha ^b   Tseng, Chi Hong ^d   Jorde, Ulrich P ^e   Colombo, Paolo C ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Left ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 69949175600     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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