Influence of sex on arterial hemodynamics and blood pressure: Role of body height

Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 514-519

  London, Gerard M ^b   Guerin, Alain P ^c   Pannier, Bruno ^c   Marchais, Sylvain J ^c   Stimpel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Centre Hospitalier FH Manhes   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

arteries; menopause; sex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA PRESSURE; ARM; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029126481     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.26.3.514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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