American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 802-807 , May 2002

Large brachial artery diameter is associated with angiographic coronary artery disease in women

Received 19 June 2001 ,Accepted 12 November 2001.

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☆ Supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contracts NO1-HV-68161, NO1-HV-68162, NO1-HV-68163, and NO1-HV-68164; National Center for Research Resources GCRC grant M01-RR00425; and grants from the Gustavus and Louis Pfeiffer Research Foundation, Women's Guild, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Ladies Hospital Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania, and qmed, Inc.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Steven E. Reis, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

★ E-mail: reisse@msx.upmc.edu

PII: S0002-8703(02)40743-0

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.121735

American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 802-807 , May 2002

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