New methodological approach to improve reproducibility of brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation

Echocardiography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-202

  Kanahara, Masaaki ^a   Harada, Haruhito ^b   Katoh, Atsushi ^b   Ikeda, Hisao ^b  

^a JUNSHIN GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow mediated dilatation; Reproducibility of brachial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIAL ARTERY FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MIDDLE AGED; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF BRACHIAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84897052755     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12307     Document Type: Article

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