Evaluation of segmental elastic properties of the aorta in normotensive and medically treated hypertensive patients by intravascular ultrasound

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1253-1258

  Heintz, Bernhard ^a   Gillessen, Thomas ^a   Walkenhorst, Frauke ^a   vom Dahl, Jürgen ^a   Dörr, Rolf ^a   Krebs, Winfried ^a   Hanrath, Peter ^a   Sieberth, Heinz Günther ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial physiology; Hypertension; Intravascular ultrasound; Sectional compliance; Volume compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRASOUND; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AORTA; COMPLIANCE; CORONARY DISEASE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0027495440     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199311000-00013     Document Type: Article

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