Characteristic change in local pulse wave velocity in different segments of the atherosclerotic aorta in KHC rabbits

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Katsuda, Shin Ichiro ^a   Miyashita, Hiroshi ^b   Hasegawa, Masamitsu ^d   Machida, Noboru ^c   Kusanagi, Masahiko ^e   Yamasaki, Masao ^a   Waki, Hidefumi ^a,f   Hazama, Akihiro ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e Japan Laboratory Animals Inc   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; KHC rabbit; Local pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RABBIT;

EID: 1642534460     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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