Cardiovascular risk factors, atherosclerosis and pulse pressure

Advances in Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2007, Pages 212-222

  Amar, Jacques ^a,b   Chamontin, Bernard ^a  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIPID;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPIDS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33751108750     PISSN: 00652326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000096732     Document Type: Review

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