Central arterial hemodynamic effects of dark chocolate ingestion in young healthy people: A randomized and controlled trial

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pereira, T ^a   Maldonado, J ^b   Laranjeiro, M ^a   Coutinho, R ^a   Cardoso, E ^a   Andrade, I ^a   Conde, J ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto de Investigacao e Formacao Cardiovascular Quinta da Portela   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK CHOCOLATE; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84902187782     PISSN: 20908016     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/945951     Document Type: Article

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