Flow-mediated dilation: Is it just a research tool or a useful biomarker for cardiovascular prognosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-157

  Siasos, Gerasimos ^a   Zografos, Theodoros ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Papavassiliou, Athanasios G ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomarker; Cardiovascular disease; Flow mediated dilation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 84920531514     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.209     Document Type: Editorial

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