Endothelial dysfunction and brachial intima-media thickness: Long term cardiovascular risk with claudication related to peripheral arterial disease: A prospective analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Hafner, Franz ^a   Kieninger, Andrea ^a   Meinitzer, Andreas ^a   Gary, Thomas ^a   Froehlich, Harald ^a   Haas, Elke ^a   Hackl, Gerald ^a   Eller, Philipp ^a   Brodmann, Marianne ^a   Seinost, Gerald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HOMOARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899675334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093357.g001     Document Type: Article

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