Flow-mediated vasodilation and anatomical variation of the brachial artery (Double brachial artery) in healthy subjects and patients with cardiovascular disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1073-1080

  Fujii, Yuichi ^a   Teragawa, Hiroki ^a   Soga, Junko ^a   Idei, Naomi ^a   Fujimura, Noritaka ^a   Maruhashi, Tatsuya ^a   Mikami, Shinsuke ^a   Iwamoto, Yumiko ^a   Hidaka, Takayuki ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Noma, Kensuke ^b   Nakashima, Ayumu ^c   Goto, Chikara ^d   Higashi, Yukihito ^b,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Double brachial artery; Flow mediated vasodilation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SHEAR STRESS; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84875495850     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1130     Document Type: Article

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