Changes in central arterial pressure waveforms during the normal menstrual cycle

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 321-326

  Ounis Skali, Nadia ^a   Mitchell, Gary F ^b   Solomon, Caren G ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^c   Seely, Ellen W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Menstrual cycle; Renin angiotensin aldosterone system

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; RENIN; SEX HORMONE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC EJECTION PERIOD; SYSTOLIC PRESSURE TIME INTEGRAL; TONOMETRY;

EID: 33845645443     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6650.2006.05055     Document Type: Article

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