Carotid artery stiffening does not explain baroreflex impairment in pre-eclampsia

Clinical Science

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-413

  Mersich, Beatrix ^a   Rigó Jr , János ^a   Lénárd, Zsuzsanna ^a   Studinger, Péter ^a   Visontai, Zsuzsanna ^a   Kollai, Mark ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor; Carotid artery; Hypertension; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; RIGIDITY; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PULSE;

EID: 6344219911     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040137     Document Type: Article

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