Correlations between aortic stiffness and parasympathetic autonomic function in healthy volunteers

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1166-1171

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Takács, Róbert ^a   Gavallér, Henriette ^a   Várkonyi, Tamás T ^a   Wittmann, Tibor ^a   Forster, Tamás ^a   Lengyel, Csaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aortic; Autonomic; Distensibility; Function; Healthy; Parasympathetic; Pulse wave velocity; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PULSE;

EID: 78650230678     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y10-095     Document Type: Article

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