Association between hemodynamics in the common carotid artery and severity of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 765-770

  Lee, Min Y ^a   Wu, Chan M ^a   Yu, Kuo H ^a   Chu, Chih S ^b   Lee, Kun T ^b   Sheu, Sheng H ^b   Lai, Wen T ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY TONE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRESS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 46249132283     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.182     Document Type: Article

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