Carotid artery wall hypertrophy with age is related to local systolic blood pressure in healthy men

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 82-87

  Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   Dinenno, Frank A ^a   Monahan, Kevin D ^a   DeSouza, Christopher A ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Smooth muscle cells; Vascular compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0035171922     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.21.1.82     Document Type: Article

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