The influence of aging and aortic stiffness on permanent dilation and breaking stress of the thoracic descending aorta

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 471-480

  Groenink, Maarten ^a,b,c   Langerak, Susan E ^a,b   Vanbavel, Ed ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^b   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   Spaan, Jos A E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Remodelling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

AGING; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELASTICITY; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANISOTROPY; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHILD; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033178255     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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