Aspirin, ACE inhibitors and arterial stiffness

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-118

  Weber, Thomas ^a   Eber, Bernd ^a   Auer, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; TONOMETRY;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASPIRIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0842326401     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00217-4     Document Type: Letter

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