Age-related transcranial Doppler findings in the evaluation of cerebral circulation during postprandial and postural tests

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-101

  Poli, Leone ^a   Bo, Mario ^a   Secreto, Piero ^a   Zanocchi, Mauro ^a   Bottino, Piero ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Postprandial tests; Postural tests; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EATING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; TILT-TABLE TEST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0033003922     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015905     Document Type: Article

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