Comparison of aortic elasticity determined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in obese versus lean adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-199

  Danias, Peter G ^a,b,c   Tritos, Nicholas A ^a,b,c   Stuber, Matthias ^a,b,c   Botnar, Rene M ^a,b,c   Kissinger, Kraig V ^a,b,c   Manning, Warren J ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THORACIC AORTA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 0037298589     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03109-0     Document Type: Article

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