Endothelium-dependent vasodilation and structural and functional changes in the cardiovascular system are dependent on age in healthy subjects

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 400-409

  Lind, Lars ^a   Sarabi, Mahziar ^b   Millgård, Jonas ^b   Kahan, Thomas ^b   Edner, Magnus ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Diastolic function; Endothelium; Left ventricular mass; Systolic function; Vasculature; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIASTOLE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032849827     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1999.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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