Arterial stiffness in relation to subclinical atherosclerosis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Wykretowicz, A ^a   Gerstenberger, P ^a   Guzik, P ^a   Milewska, A ^a   Krauze, T ^a   Adamska, K ^a   Rutkowska, A ^a   Wysocki, H ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Digital volume pulse; Intima media thickness; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 57649213507     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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