Impaired skeletal muscle and skin microcirculatory function in human obesity

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1401-1405

  Agapitov, Alexei V ^a   Correia, Marcelo L G ^a   Sinkey, Christine A ^a   Dopp, John M ^a   Haynes, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Mental stress; Obesity; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036628763     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200207000-00027     Document Type: Article

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