Effects of physical activity on blood pressure monitoring and morphometric parameters of the left ventricle and of the abdominal aorta in healthy elderly subjects

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Macchi, Claudio ^a,b   Lova, Raffaele Molino ^a   Giannelli, Fabrizio ^a   Papucci, Mario ^a   Conti, Andrea A ^a,b   Paternostro, Ferdinando ^b   Contini, Massimo ^b   Miniati, Benedetta ^a   Gulisano, Massimo ^b   Catini, Claudio ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Blood pressure; Heart; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MACHINE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; DIASTOLE; FITNESS; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542608570     PISSN: 00040223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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