Comparative reproducibility of the noninvasive ultrasound methods for the assessment of vascular function

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-150

  Magda, Stefania L ^b   Ciobanu, Andrea O ^a   Florescu, Maria ^b   Vinereanu, Dragos ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b University and Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial function; Reproducibility; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84880556315     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-011-0225-2     Document Type: Article

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