Assessment of the effects of physiological release of melatonin on arterial distensibility and blood pressure

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-203

  Yildiz, Mustafa ^a,c   Akdemir, Osman ^b  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Health Care Group   (Turkey)

^c Bayar Cad Gülbahar Sok ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HEART RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SECRETION; THORACIC AORTA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149104080     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109003692     Document Type: Article

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