Non-invasive ultrasound in arterial wall dynamics in humans: What have we learned and what remains to be solved

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 960-966

  Reneman, Robert S ^a   Meinders, Jan M ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Baroreceptor reflex; Compliance; Diabetes; Distensibility; Hypertension; Strain; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYNAMICS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; COMPLIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSORECEPTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 18844415084     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi177     Document Type: Review

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