Assessment of arterial distensibility in patients with cardiac syndrome X

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 458-462

  Yildiz, Mustafa ^a,b   Altun, Armagan ^a   Ozbay, Gultac ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK; SYNDROME X; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548139796     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707305064     Document Type: Article

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