Lifestyle modification and arterial stiffness and wave reflections: A more natural way to prolong arterial health

Artery Research

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a   Alexopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; lifestyle modification; wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITAMIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COFFEE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34250741872     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-9312(07)70003-0     Document Type: Article

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