Pulse wave amplitude is associated with brachial artery diameter: Implications for gender differences in microvascular function

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Karas, Richard H ^a   Mooney, Paula J ^a   Patel, Ayan R ^a   Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Flow mediated dilation; Peripheral arterial tonometry; Vascular structure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN; NITRATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; STATIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 76049118544     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X09349523     Document Type: Article

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