Risk factors for stiffness of the wall of the thoracic aorta in patients with mild atherosis

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 409-413

  Uechi, Yoichi ^a   Sunagawa, Osahiko ^a   Ishikawa, Naoki ^a   Inoue, Taku ^a   Tamashiro, Masahiro ^a   Kamiyama, Tomomasa ^a   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^a   Touma, Takashi ^a   Fukiyama, Koshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosis; Thoracic aortic wall stiffness; Transesophageal echocardiography; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA WALL; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE PRESSURE; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPASM;

EID: 0035024980     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.409     Document Type: Article

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