Maternal arterial stiffness in pregnancies affected by preeclampsia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kaihura, Christina ^a   Savvidou, Makrina D ^b   Anderson, James M ^a   McEniery, Carmel M ^c   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049105383     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01106.2008     Document Type: Article

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