VASCULAR REACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL VASCULAR-DISEASE

Authors
HARRIS LM FAGGIOLI GL SHAH R KOERNER N LILLIS L DANDONA P IZZO JL SNYDER B RICOTTA JJ
Citation
Lm. Harris et al., VASCULAR REACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL VASCULAR-DISEASE, The American journal of cardiology, 76(3), 1995, pp. 207-212
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
207 - 212
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:3<207:VRIPWP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Patients with peripheral vascular disease were found to have significa ntly ''stiffer'' upper extremity vessels than both young subjects and age-matched controls, and also decreases in both vasodilation and vaso constriction in response to a hyperemic challenge.