Age associated alterations in structure and function of the cardiovascular system

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Patel, Mrugesh B ^a   Sonnenblick, Edmund H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0031899376     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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