Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 688-689

  Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RENIN;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PULSE WAVE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 23244460190     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.688     Document Type: Editorial

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