Assessment of vascular function: Flow-mediated constriction complements the information of flow-mediated dilatation

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-147

  Gori, T ^a   Grotti, S ^b   Dragoni, S ^c   Lisi, M ^c   Di Stolfo, G ^c   Sonnati, S ^c   Fineschi, M ^c   Parker, J D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LOW FLOW MEDIATED CONSTRICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; ROC CURVE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 75149158128     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.167213     Document Type: Article

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