Flow-mediated vasodilation was found to be an independent predictor of changes in the carotid plaque status during a 5-year follow-up: A prospective investigation of the vasculature in the uppsala seniors (PIVUS) study

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-168

  Lind, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Intima media thickness; Plaque; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURY SPHYGMOMANOMETER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84894608391     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.18572     Document Type: Article

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