Does long-term smoking affect aortic stiffness more in women than in men?

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-447

  Sonesson, B ^a   Ahlgren, A R ^a   Lazer, L ^a   Lanne T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial distensibility; Cigarette compliance; Echo tracking ultrasonography; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030866418     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1997.04848.x     Document Type: Article

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