Comparison of brachial artery wall thickness versus endothelial function to predict late cardiovascular events in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 671-675

  Suessenbacher, Alois ^a   Dörler, Jakob ^a   Wunder, Johannes ^a   Hohenwarter, Fabian ^a   Alber, Hannes F ^a   Pachinger, Otmar ^a   Frick, Matthias ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84873705046     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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