A Comparison of Three Different Methods to Evaluate Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in the Elderly: The Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) Study - Lind, Lars; Fors, Nilla; Hall, Jan; Marttala, Kerstin; Stenborg, Anna (Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2005)
Keywords: Acetylcholine; Acetylcholine/diagnostic use; Aged; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research); Atherosclerosis - diagnostic imaging; Atherosclerosis - epidemiology; Atherosclerosis - physiopathology; Atherosclerosis/epidemiology/physiopathology/ultrasonography; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure; Brachial Artery - physiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Comparative Study; Dermatology; Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Endothelium, Vascular - physiology; Female; Forearm - blood supply; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prospective Studies; Pulsatile Flow; Risk Factors; Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects; Sweden - epidemiology; Sympathomimetics; Sympathomimetics/diagnostic use; Terbutaline; Terbutaline/diagnostic use; Ultrasonography; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents; Vasodilator agents. Cerebral vasodilators; Vasodilator Agents/diagnostic use; Human; Vascular disease; Vasomotricity; Atherosclerosis; Risk factor; Cardiovascular disease; risk; cardiovascular; Elderly; Comparative study; Vasodilation; Endothelium; Diagnostic Techniques; Cardiovascular; Vascular/physiology