Aortic pulse wave velocity and the degree of atherosclerosis in the elderly: A pathological study based on 304 autopsy cases

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 345-351

  Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^a,b   Matsushita, Satoru ^a   Ozawa, Toshio ^a   Arai, Tomio ^a   Hamamatsu, Akihiko ^a   Nakahara, Ken Ichi ^a   Chida, Kouji ^a   Yamanouchi, Hiroshi ^a   Murayama, Shigeo ^b   Tanaka, Noriko ^c  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Compliance; Elderly; Human; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 20144367222     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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