Age-related vascular stiffness and left ventricular size after myocardial infarction

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Hirsch, Glenn A ^a,b,c   Ingkanisorn, W Patricia ^a,b   Schulman, Steven P ^c   Gerstenblith, Gary ^c   Dyke, Christopher K ^a,b   Rhoads, Kenneth L ^a,b   Thompson, Richard ^d   Aletras, Anthony H ^a   Arai, Andrew E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 35248817872     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.05849.x     Document Type: Article

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