Stiffness and diameter of the common carotid artery and abdominal aorta in women

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 983-988

  Ahlgren, Åsa Rydén ^a   Hansen, Flemming ^a   Sonesson, Björn ^a   Länne, Toste ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial diameter; Common carotid artery; Distensibility; Females; Stiffness; Ultrasonic echo tracking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASOUND PHASE LOCKED ECHO TRACKING TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030931540     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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