Premature vascular ageing in cystic fibrosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1217-1218

  MacNee, W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERIES; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 73249146912     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00155209     Document Type: Editorial

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