Arterial stiffness in the young: Assessment, determinants, and implications

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Cheung, Yiu Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Children

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TONOMETRY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 77952200654     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.4.153     Document Type: Review

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