Heterogeneous remodelling of the ascending and descending aorta with age

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 689-691

  Duprez, D A ^a   Swingen, C ^a   Sih, R ^a   Lefebvre, T ^a   Kaiser, D R ^a   Jerosch Herold, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA WALL; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELASTICITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547464203     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002216     Document Type: Article

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