Opposite changes in carotid versus aortic stiffness during healthy human pregnancy

Clinical Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-107

  Mersich, Beatrix ^a   Rigó Jr , János ^a   Besenyei, Csilla ^a   Lénárd, Zsuzsanna ^a   Studinger, Péter ^a   Kollai, Márk ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aorta; Carotid artery; Elasticity; Pregnancy; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PULSE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 21744444326     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040352     Document Type: Article

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