Progressive arterial stiffening in kidney transplant recipients

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Strózecki, Paweł ^a   Adamowicz, Andrzej ^b   Kozłowski, Michał ^a   Włodarczyk, Zbigniew ^b   Manitius, Jacek ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Follow up; Graft function; Kidney transplant recipients; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 80054947014     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.881992     Document Type: Article

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