"Stiff Central Arteries" Syndrome: Does A Weak Heart Really Stiff the Kidney?

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Baliga, Ragavendra R ^a   Young, James B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PULSE PRESSURE; RENAL ARTERY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 50049114658     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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