Endothelial function testing and cardiovascular disease: Focus on peripheral arterial tonometry

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 577-584

  Bruno, Rosa Maria ^a   Gori, Tommaso ^b   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Microcirculation; Reactive hyperemia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; REVIEW; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPEREMIA; MANOMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MANOMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 84938691206     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S44471     Document Type: Review

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