Arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women: Determinants of pulse wave velocity

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2165-2172

  Lebrun, Corinne E I ^a,b   Van der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Bak, Annette A A ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^b   Pols, Huibert A P ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^b   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Heart rate; Lipids; Prevention; Pulse pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AORTA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036854638     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200211000-00015     Document Type: Article

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