Ageing and central aortic pulse wave analysis. Commentary on 'Is augmentation index a good measure of vascular stiffness in the elderly?' by Fantin et al.

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-5

  Cameron, James ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART AFTERLOAD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947573190     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl142     Document Type: Editorial

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