Basis and implications of change in arterial pressure with age

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 209-211

  O'Rourke, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE;

AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034502782     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135886300701568487     Document Type: Editorial

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