Correlation Between Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation of the Brachial Artery and Intima-Media Thickness in the Carotid Artery in Men
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 19 (11) , 2795-2800
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.19.11.2795
Abstract
—Endothelial dysfunction has been reported to be the initial step in atherosclerosis. A noninvasive technique that uses ultrasound to measure the intima-media thickness of the carotid arter...Keywords
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