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KMID : 1144120190090010087
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Biomedical Engineering Letters
2019 Volume.9 No. 1 p.87 ~ p.95
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Practicality and importance of selected endothelial dysfunction measurement techniques: review
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Whitt Michael D.
Jackson Mark J.
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Abstract
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The measurement of endothelial dysfunction (ED) has importance in that it indicates the presence of coronary artery disease (Kuvin et al. in J Am Coll Cardiol 38(7):1843?1849, 2001) in addition to acting as a predictor of future adverse events (Halcox et al. in Circulation 106:653?658, 2002). Various tools, methods, and metrics exist that can provide an indicator of endothelial dysfunction. Given the significance of ED, it is of utmost importance to find a measurement technique that is reliable, while defining a metric providing a framework for an overall system that is practical, accurate, and repeatable. Success would provide a tool for the early detection of cardiovascular disease not only moving patients that are currently classified as asymptomatic to symptomatic, but also providing a method to monitor the efficacy of treatments.
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KEYWORD
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Measurement, Endothelial dysfunction, Medical physics
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