Non-invasive vascular function tests: Their pathophysiological background and clinical application

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^a   Yamashina, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Central blood pressure; Endothelial function; Pulse wave velocity; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELASTICITY; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATATION; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; VASODILATION;

EID: 75149157048     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0534     Document Type: Review

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