Gender differences in the timing of arterial wave reflection beyond differences in body height

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2197-2203

  Gatzka, Christoph D ^a,c   Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a   Cameron, James D ^b   Berry, Karen L ^a   Liang, Yu Lu ^a   Dewar, Elizabeth M ^a   Reid, Chris M ^a   Jennings, Garry L ^a   Dart, Anthony M ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Arterial wave reflection; Gender differences; Left ventricular structure; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 0035212360     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200112000-00013     Document Type: Article

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