Vascular compliance and cardiovascular disease: A risk factor or a marker?

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 10 I, 1997, Pages 1175-1189

  Glasser, Stephen P ^a,c   Arnett, Donna K ^b   McVeigh, Gary E ^a   Finkelstein, Stanley M ^b   Bank, Alan J ^a   Morgan, Dennis J ^a   Cohn, Jay N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLIANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030695299     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00311-7     Document Type: Review

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