Arterial properties along the upper arm in humans: Age-related effects and the consequence of anatomical location

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Bjarnegård, Niclas ^a   Länne, Toste ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distensibility; Echo tracking; Intima media thickness; Upper arm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949113457     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00479.2009     Document Type: Article

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