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Ultrasound Assessment of Endothelial-Dependent Flow-Mediated Vasodilation of the Brachial Artery in Clinical Research
Published on: October 22, 2014
Abnormal brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in young adults with major depression
S Rajagopalan1, R Brook, M Rubenfire
1Department of Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. srajagop@umich.edu
Abstract:
Depressive illness in patients without traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease is associated with striking abnormalities of endothelial function and elevation of circulating markers of atherosclerosis propensity. Further studies are needed to define the mechanisms that underlie these observations.
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