Influence on aerobic fitness on aortic stiffness in apparently healthy Caucasian and African-American subjects

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Arena, Ross ^a   Fei, Ding Yu ^a   Arrowood, James A ^a   Kraft, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic wave velocity; Ethnic differences; Exercise testing; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AORTIC DISEASES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 35349018433     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.078     Document Type: Article

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