Impaired abdominal aortic wall integrity in elderly men carrying the angiotensin-converting enzyme D allele

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Ljungberg, L U ^a   De Basso, R ^a   Alehagen, U ^a   Bjorck H M ^a   Persson, K ^a   Dahlstrom U ^a   Lanne T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial stiffness; Distensibility; Gene polymorphism; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALLELES; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 80051664207     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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