Takayasu's arteritis: A cause of prolonged arterial stiffness

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 741-745

  Ng, W F ^a,c   Fantin, F ^a   Ng, C ^a,c   Dockery, F ^a,d   Schiff, R ^a,d   Davies, K A ^b   Rajkumar, C ^b   Mason, Justin C ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Pulse wave velocity; Takayasu's arteritis; Vascular dysfunction; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33745609261     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei274     Document Type: Article

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