Attenuation of microvascular function in those with cardiovascular disease is similar in patients of Indian Asian and European descent

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Strain, William D ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^b   Mayet, Jamil ^b   Wright, Andrew R ^b   Kooner, Jaspal ^b   Chaturvedi, Nish ^b   Shore, Angela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INDIAN; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE PERFUSION; ASIAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 76949087473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-10-3     Document Type: Article

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