Reference values of aortic pulse wave velocity in the elderly

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2207-2212

  Alecu, Cosmin ^a,b,c   Labat, Carlos ^c   Kearney Schwartz, Anna ^d   Fay, Renaud ^d   Salvi, Paolo ^a,c   Joly, Laure ^a,c   Lacolley, Patrick ^c   Vespignani, Hervé ^b   Benetos, Athanase ^a,c  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial stiffness; Hypertension; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 56049089385     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32830e4932     Document Type: Article

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