The vasculature in cardiovascular diseases: Will the vasculature tell us what the future holds?

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 407-408

  Phillips, Shane A ^a   Guazzi, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924764585     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.12.004     Document Type: Editorial

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