Age-related changes in total arterial capacitance from birth to maturity in a normotensive population

Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1213-1217

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a,b   Roman, Mary J ^a   Daniels, Stephen R ^c   Mureddu, GianFrancesco ^b   Kimball, Thomas R ^c   Greco, Rosanna ^b   Devereux, Richard B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

age; body constitution; compliance; sex; stroke volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030945630     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.29.6.1213     Document Type: Article

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