Does arterial stiffness predict atherosclerotic coronary events?

Advances in Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2007, Pages 160-172

  McEniery, Carmel M ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33751082072     PISSN: 00652326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000096728     Document Type: Review

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