Triglyceride level is associated with wave reflections and arterial stiffness in apparently healthy middle-aged men

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 613-614

  Aznaouridis, Konstantinos ^a   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a   Dima, Ioanna ^a   Ioakeimidis, Nikolaos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34247887506     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.095554     Document Type: Article

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