Population
Patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) who had undergone coronary angiography.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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FMD may mark early coronary atherosclerosis; leaves open whether serial FMD or IMT improves risk stratification in prospective cohorts.
Functional endothelial changes measured by brachial artery FMD occur in early stages of coronary artery disease, whereas structural changes measured by carotid IMT appear in more advanced disease.
Furumoto et al. (2002) studied this question.
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