Pulsed wave Doppler ultrasonography for the assessment of peripheral vasomotor response in an elderly population

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Chang, Ke Vin ^a   Wu, Chueh Hung ^a   Wang, Tyng Guey ^a   Hsiao, Ming Yen ^a   Yeh, Tian Shin ^a   Chen, Wen Shiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Radial artery; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961207554     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20819     Document Type: Article

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