Correlation between aortic pulse wave velocity and norepinephrine, epinephrine, aldosterone and plasma renin activity in very elderly subjects and in patients with congestive heart failure

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-52

  Potocka Plazak, K ^a   Kolasa, R ^b   Poplawski, T ^b   Kulczycka, J ^b   Plazak, W ^b  

^a Provincial Hospital   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Aldosterone; Arterial pulse wave velocity; Congestive heart failure; Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; Plasma renin activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

PASSION FRUIT WOODINESS VIRUS;

EID: 0031955194     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339633     Document Type: Article

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