Nitroglycerin-mediated vasodilatation of the brachial artery may predict long-term cardiovascular events irrespective of the presence of atherosclerotic disease.

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Published in J Atheroscler Thromb on October 20, 2010

Authors

Daijirou Akamatsu1, Akira Sato, Hitoshi Goto, Tetsuo Watanabe, Munetaka Hashimoto, Takuya Shimizu, Hirofumi Sugawara, Hiroko Sato, Yoshiyuki Nakano, Teiji Miura, Tsutomu Zukeran, Fukashi Serizawa, Yow Hamada, Ken Tsuchida, Ichiro Tsuji, Susumu Satomi

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. ddaa1025@m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp

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