Age affects proximal brachial artery stiffness; differential behavior within the length of the brachial artery?

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1115-1121

  Bjarnegård, Niclas ^a   Rydén Ahlgren, Åsa ^b   Sandgren, Thomas ^b   Sonesson, Björn ^b   Länne, Toste ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brachial artery; Distensibility; Echo tracking; Gender; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS;

SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0042934218     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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