Endothelial function in a cardiovascular risk population with borderline ankle-brachial index

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-101

  Syvänen, Kari ^a   Korhonen, Päivi ^b   Partanen, Auli ^c   Aarnio, Pertti ^a  

^a Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^b Central Satakunta Health Federation of Municipalities ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Cardiovascular risk; Endothelial dysfunction; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FINGER; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MANOMETRY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FINLAND; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MANOMETRY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958245895     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S17249     Document Type: Article

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