Hypercholesterolaemia is associated with an exaggerated elevation in blood pressure during exercise in very elderly subjects [5]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-184

  Vacanti, Luciano J ^a   Negrão, Carlos Eduardo ^b   Sposito, Andrei C ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO ZERBINI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 14744294343     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi045     Document Type: Letter

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