Aortic wave reflection in women and men

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lieber, Ari ^a   Millasseau, Sandrine ^d   Bourhis, Laurent ^a   Blacher, Jacques ^a   Protogerou, Athanase ^b   Levy, Bernard I ^c   Safar, Michel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d AtCor Medical ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Pulse pressure; Pulse wave activity; Reflection magnitude; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953742522     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00985.2009     Document Type: Article

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