Seven-day remote ischemic preconditioning improves local and systemic endothelial function and microcirculation in healthy humans

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 918-925

  Jones, Helen ^a   Hopkins, Nicola ^a   Bailey, Tom G ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,b   Cable, N Timothy ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular risk; endothelial function; hypertension; microcirculation; remote ischemic preconditioning; vascular adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CUTANEOUS VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOREARM MICROCIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOREARM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BRACHIAL ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; CONDUCTANCE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902518938     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu004     Document Type: Article

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