Effect of hypertension and risk factors on diameters of abdominal aorta and common iliac and femoral arteries in middle-aged hypertensive and control subjects: A cross-sectional systematic study with duplex ultrasound

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Päivänsalo, Markku J ^a   Merikanto, Jukka ^a   Jerkkola, Tapani ^a   Savolainen, Markku J ^a   Rantala, Asko O ^a   Kauma, Heikki ^a   Lilja, Mauno ^a   Reunanen Y , Antti ^b   Kesäniemi, Antero ^a   Suramo, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Diameters; Hypertension; Iliac arteries; Plaques; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0033773219     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00374-9     Document Type: Article

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