Effects of menopause on aortic root function in hypertensive women

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1562-1566

  Karpanou, Eva A ^a,b   Vyssoulis, Gregory P ^a   Papakyriakou, Stavroula A ^a   Toutouza, Marina G ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b New Psychiko   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA; COMPLIANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030588927     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00361-0     Document Type: Article

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