Increased central pulse pressure and augmentation index in subjects with hypercholesterolemia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1005-1011

  Wilkinson, Ian ^a   Prasad, Krishna ^b   Hall, Ian ^b   Thomas, Anne ^b   MacCallum, Helen ^a   Webb, David ^b   Frenneaux, Michael ^b   Cockcroft, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY HEIGHT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037139311     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01723-0     Document Type: Article

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