Some mechanical aspects of arterial aging: Physiological overview based on pulse wave analysis

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 367-378

  Hashimoto, Junichiro ^a   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteriosclerosis; Blood pressure; Hypertrophy; Microcirculation; Pharmacology; Pulse; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OMAPATRILAT; PERINDOPRIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGING; ALBUMINURIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 70350018327     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944709338942     Document Type: Review

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