Sublingual nitroglycerin delays arterial wave reflections despite increased aortic "stiffness" in patients with hypertension: A Doppler Echocardiography study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1100-1108

  Soma, Johannes ^a,b   Angelsen, Bjørn A J ^a,b   Techn, Dr ^a,b   Aakhus, Svend ^a,b   Skjærpe, Terje ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE PRESSURE; RIGIDITY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034525506     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.109686     Document Type: Article

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