Aging affects vascular structure and function in a limb-specific manner

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1661-1670

  Nishiyama, Steven K ^a,e   Wray, D Walter ^a,b,d   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349139991     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90612.2008     Document Type: Review

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