Peripheral Endothelial Function and Cardiovascular Events in High‐Risk Patients

Matsuzawa, Yasushi; Sugiyama, Seigo; Sumida, Hitoshi; Sugamura, Koichi; Nozaki, Toshimitsu; Ohba, Keisuke; Matsubara, Junichi; Kurokawa, Hirofumi; Fujisue, Koichiro; Konishi, Masaaki; Akiyama, Eiichi; Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Nagayoshi, Yasuhiro; Yamamuro, Megumi; Sakamoto, Kenji; Iwashita, Satomi; Jinnouchi, Hideaki; Taguri, Masataka; Morita, Satoshi; Matsui, Kunihiko; Kimura, Kazuo; Umemura, Satoshi; Ogawa, Hisao

doi:10.1161/jaha.113.000426

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Peripheral Endothelial Function and Cardiovascular Events in High‐Risk Patients

Published in Journal of the American Heart Association • Nov 18, 2013

Authors:

Yasushi Matsuzawa

Seigo Sugiyama

Hitoshi Sumida

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Endothelial dysfunction is a key component of vascular vulnerability. Reactive hyperemia index (RHI), as assessed by the peripheral arterial tonometry, can noninvasively evaluate endothelial function. This study was designed to determine the additional prognostic value of endothelial fun...

Subject

Medicine

Internal medicine

Cardiology

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