Arterial compliance, systemic blood pressure, and diastolic dysfunction in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 889-890

  Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Gottdiener, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; DIASTOLE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031182330     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb01522.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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