Intima media thickness, pulse wave velocity, and flow mediated dilation

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bruno, Rosa Maria ^a   Bianchini, Elisabetta ^a   Faita, Francesco ^a   Taddei, Stefano ^b   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Carotid artery; Endothelium; Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

APPLANATION TONOMETER; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906965344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-12-34     Document Type: Article

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