Pulsatility index change of brachial artery shows better reproducibility than flow-mediated vasodilation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2036-2041

  Lima, Jailson C ^a,b   Martins, Wellington P ^a,b   Nastri, Carolina O ^a,b   Nicolau, Luis G C ^a,b   Filho, Francisco Mauad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Escola de Ultra sonografia e Reciclagem Medica de Ribeirao Preto EURP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Ultrasonography; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PULSATILITY INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITIES; VASODILATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449296165     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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