Adherence to guidelines strongly improves reproducibility of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 248, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-202

  Greyling, Arno ^a,b   van Mil, Anke C C M ^a,c,d   Zock, Peter L ^b,c   Green, Daniel J ^e   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^f   Thijssen, Dick H ^a,g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Endothelial function; Methodology; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DILATATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VASODILATATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DILATATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961615908     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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