Intima-media thickness of brachial artery, vascular function, and cardiovascular risk factors

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2295-2303

  Iwamoto, Yumiko ^a   Maruhashi, Tatsuya ^a   Fujii, Yuichi ^a   Idei, Naomi ^a   Fujimura, Noritaka ^a   Mikami, Shinsuke ^a   Kajikawa, Masato ^a   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Noma, Kensuke ^b,c   Nakashima, Ayumu ^c   Higashi, Yukihito ^a,b,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

brachial artery; endothelial function; intima media thickness; risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGLYCERIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865520537     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.249680     Document Type: Article

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