Breath holding index and arterial stiffness as markers of vascular aging

Current Aging Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-70

  Zavoreo, Iris ^a   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial stiffness; Breath holding index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BREATH HOLDING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953758075     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811003010067     Document Type: Article

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