Scintigraphic imaging of endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the forearm - A preliminary report

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Karacalioglu A., Demirkol S., Emer O., Celik T., Kilic S., Ilgan S., ...More

CIRCULATION JOURNAL, vol.70, no.3, pp.311-315, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 70 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1253/circj.70.311
  • Journal Name: CIRCULATION JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.311-315
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background The diagnosis of endothelial dysfunction has been gaining, clinical importance, but although endothelial function testing is available in the research setting, no technique yet exists that is simple, safe, reproducible and easily performed as a clinical screening method. The aim of this study was to design a new, scintigraphic method of imaging the flow-mediated dilation in the forearm, which represents the functional characteristic of endothelial dysfunction.