Comparison of fow-mediated vasodilation in femoral and brachial arteries in healthy dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1029-1037

  Jones, Ian D ^a   Fuentes, Virginia Luis ^a   Wrigglesworth, David ^b   Mort, Emily ^b   Elliott, Jonathan ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; HYPEREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOURNIQUET; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOURNIQUETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASODILATION;

EID: 80052699688     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.8.1029     Document Type: Article

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