Comprehensive assessment of vascular health in patients; Towards endothelium-guided therapy

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 786-792

  Frolow, Marzena ^a   Drozdz, Agata ^a,b   Kowalewska, Agata ^a   Nizankowski, Rafal ^a   Chlopicki, Stefan ^a,c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artery stiffness; Endothelial dysfunction; Flow mediated dilation; Multiparametric assessment; Peripheral artery tonometry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID WALL DISTENSIBILITY COEFFICIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIGITAL THERMAL MONITORING; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FINGER PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE CONTOUR ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84940459894     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2015.05.010     Document Type: Review

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