Preserved vascular reactivity in elderly male athletes

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-91

  Jensen Urstad, Kerstin ^a   Bouvier, F ^a   Jensen Urstad, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brachial artery; Carotid artery; Master athletes; Ultrasound; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTIMA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SPORT; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

AGED; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPORTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033110331     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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