Does the plasma endothelin-1 concentration reflect atherosclerosis in the elderly?

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 312-316

  Sayama, Harumi ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Saito, Noboru ^b   Konoshita, Masahiko ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Aiwa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Elderly; Endothelin 1; Gender; Low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; ENDOTHELIN 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032727041     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022111     Document Type: Article

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