Dark chocolate and vascular function in patients with peripheral artery disease: A randomized, controlled cross-over trial

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-153

  Hammer, Alexandra ^a   Koppensteiner, Renate ^a   Steiner, Sabine ^a   Niessner, Alexander ^a   Goliasch, Georg ^a   Gschwandtner, Michael ^a   Hoke, Matthias ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dark chocolate; flow mediated dilatation; laser Doppler fluxmetry; peripheral artery disease; vascular function

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; POLYPHENOL;

AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DARK CHOCOLATE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INGESTION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VASODILATATION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE;

AGED; CACAO; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84924346622     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-141817     Document Type: Article

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