Cardiovascular aging and heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-434

  Oxenham, Helen ^a   Sharpe, Norman ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular function; Exercise; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGING; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; GEOMETRY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0042969401     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00011-4     Document Type: Review

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