Flow-mediated dilation and cardiovascular event prediction: Does nitric oxide matter?

Hypertension

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-369

  Green, Daniel J ^a,b   Jones, Helen ^a   Thijssen, Dick ^a,c   Cable, N T ^a   Atkinson, Greg ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cuff placement; flow mediated dilation; methodology; NO; predictive value

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME RELEASE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 79953245080     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.167015     Document Type: Article

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