Vascular reactivity in patients with peripheral vascular disease.
Noninvasive techniques have been used to demonstrate a specific pattern of impaired vasoactive response in the normal brachial artery of patients with clinical atherosclerosis. This is a physiologic reflection of the systemic nature of atherosclerosis and may be useful as a marker for identifying patients with preclinical atherosclerotic disease.
Harris
L M
LM
Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo 14209, USA.
Faggioli
G L
GL
Shah
R
R
Koerner
N
N
Lillis
L
L
Dandona
P
P
Izzo
J L
JL
Snyder
B
B
Ricotta
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012016:Reference Values; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data