Ultrasound assessment of brachial endothelial vasomotor function in addition to carotid plaque echolucency for predicting cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 555-560

  Nakamura, Takamitsu ^a   Kitta, Yoshinobu ^a   Uematsu, Manabu ^a   Sugamata, Wataru ^a   Hirano, Mitsumasa ^a   Fujioka, Daisuke ^a   Sano, Keita ^a   Saito, Yukio ^a   Kawabata, Ken Ichi ^a   Obata, Jun Ei ^a   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular events; Carotid plaque echolucency; Endothelial function of brachial artery; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84879113099     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.064     Document Type: Article

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