Menopausal status and distensibility of the common carotid artery

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 713-717

  Westendorp, Iris C D ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a,b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Reneman, Robert S ^c   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^c   Van Popele, Nicole M ^a   Hofman, Albert ^d   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Carotid artery; Distensibility; Menopause; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033014415     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.3.713     Document Type: Article

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