Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery: a report of the International Brachial Artery Reactivity Task Force.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on January 16, 2002

Authors

Mary C Corretti1, Todd J Anderson, Emelia J Benjamin, David Celermajer, Francois Charbonneau, Mark A Creager, John Deanfield, Helmut Drexler, Marie Gerhard-Herman, David Herrington, Patrick Vallance, Joseph Vita, Robert Vogel, International Brachial Artery Reactivity Task Force

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-1595, USA. mcorrett@umaryland.edu

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