Aortic function in arterial hypertension determined by pressure-diameter relation: Effects of diltiazem

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1853-1858

  Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Dernellis, John ^a   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a   Tsioufis, Costas ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aorta; Diltazem; Elasticity; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DILTIAZEM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RIGIDITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030880965     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.6.1853     Document Type: Article

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