Aortic calcification is associated with aortic stiffness and isolated systolic hypertension in healthy individuals

Hypertension

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 524-531

  McEniery, Carmel M ^a,d   McDonnell, Barry J ^c   So, Alvin ^a   Aitken, Sri ^b   Bolton, Charlotte E ^c   Munnery, Margaret ^c   Hickson, Stacey S ^a   Yasmin, ^a   Maki Petaja, Kaisa M ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^c   Dixon, Adrian K ^b   Wilkinson, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Artery; Calcium; Hypertension; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELASTICITY; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 61749086214     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.126615     Document Type: Article

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