The assessment of the aging artery

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-82

  Fantin, F ^a   Raj Kumar, C ^a,c   Bulpitt, C J ^b  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PERINDOPRIL; SINITRODIL;

AGING; ARTERY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 33746625221     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259806001754     Document Type: Review

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