Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 721-727 , April 2001

Pressure measurements at rest and after heavy exercise to detect moderate arterial lesions in athletes

Received 2 May 2000 ,Accepted 27 October 2000.

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☆ Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Prof J. L. Saumet, Laboratoire de physiologie et d'explorations vasculaires, Centre hospitalier universitaire, 4 rue Larrey 49033 Angers Cedex 01 France (e-mail: jean-louis.saumet@univ-angers.fr ).

PII: S0741-5214(01)16229-4

doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.112802

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 721-727 , April 2001

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