Flow-mediated dilation: is it just a research tool or a useful biomarker for cardiovascular prognosis

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Feb 1:180:154-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.209. Epub 2014 Nov 27.

Authors

Gerasimos Siasos¹, Theodoros Zografos², Evangelos Oikonomou², Athanasios G Papavassiliou³, Christodoulos Stefanadis², Dimitris Tousoulis²

Affiliations

¹ 1st Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: gsiasos@med.uoa.gr.
² 1st Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 25438239
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.209

No abstract available

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Biomarker; Cardiovascular disease; Flow mediated dilation; Prognosis.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Brachial Artery / physiopathology*
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology*
Humans
Prognosis
Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
Vasodilation*