Delayed flow-mediated vasodilation and carotid atherosclerosis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Irace, Concetta ^a   Carallo, Claudio ^a   Loprete, Antonio ^a   Tripolino, Cesare ^a   Scavelli, Faustina ^a   Gnasso, Agostino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84871611211     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12016     Document Type: Article

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