Measurement of aortic input impedance in mice: Effects of age on aortic stiffness

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 4 54-4, 2003, Pages

  Reddy, Anilkumar K ^a   Li, Yi Heng ^a   Pham, Thuy T ^a   Ochoa, Lyssa N ^a   Treviño, Maria T ^a   Hartley, Craig J ^a   Michael, Lloyd H ^a   Entman, Mark L ^a   Taffet, George E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging mouse; Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Characteristic impedance; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 0141788741     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00004.2003     Document Type: Article

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