Aortic stiffness in vivo in hypertensive rat via echo-tracking: Analysis of the pulsatile distension waveform

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Vayssettes Courchay, Christine ^a   Ragonnet, Christophe ^a   Isabelle, Marc ^a   Verbeuren, Tony J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Compliance; Distensibility; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Pulse wave velocity; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COMPLIANCE; DILTIAZEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961042414     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00094.2011     Document Type: Article

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