Aortic stiffness and pulse pressure amplification in Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Cosson, Emmanuel ^a,c   Herisse, Monique ^a   Laude, Dominique ^a   Thomas, Frédérique ^b   Valensi, Paul ^c   Attali, Jean Raymond ^c   Safar, Michel E ^d   Dabire, Hubert ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Centre d'Investigations Preventives et Cliniques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Body weight; Conscious rat; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; ANIMAL; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; ELASTICITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34250797897     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00732.2006     Document Type: Article

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