Relation of a postmortem renal index of hypertension to atherosclerosis and coronary artery size in young men and women

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1108-1118

  McGill Jr , Henry C ^a,c   Alex McMahan, C ^a   Tracy, Richard E ^b   Oalmann, Margaret C ^b   Frederick Cornhill, J ^d   Herderick, Edward E ^e   Strong, Jack P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial structure; Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17344372506     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.7.1108     Document Type: Article

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