title: Endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation in coronary and brachial arteries in suspected coronary artery disease.
abstract: Previous studies showed a weak correlation between endothelial function of the coronary arteries as assessed by acetylcholine and brachial artery vasomotion during reactive hyperemia. When the same stimulus was used, we obtained a strong correlation between flow-mediated dilation in the coronary and brachial arteries (r=0.78, p <0.001), so that noninvasive assessment of flow-mediated dilation in the brachial artery could be used as a surrogate measure for coronary artery endothelial function.
authors.affiliation: Self Defense Force Central Hospital, Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uehata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satomura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohsuzu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014664:Vasodilation