Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 388-394 , November 2009

Diagnostic accuracy of flow-mediated dilatation and intima-media thickness for the presence of significant coronary artery disease

  • Iana Simova, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Noninvasive Functional and Imaging Diagnostics, National Cardiology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Iana Simova, PhD, Department of Noninvasive Functional and Imaging Diagnostics, National Cardiology Hospital, 65 Koniovitsa Street, Sofia 1309, Bulgaria. Tel: +35 9887 098940; fax: +35 9292 11387.
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  • Tsvetana Katova, DSci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Noninvasive Functional and Imaging Diagnostics, National Cardiology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Stefan Denchev, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiology, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Sofia, Bulgaria

Received 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

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 This work was presented at the International Symposium “Works and Views in Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilation” (Iasi, Romania, May 13-14, 2009).

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(09)00130-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.09.003

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 388-394 , November 2009

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