The change in arterial stiffness over the cardiac cycle rather than diastolic stiffness is independently associated with left ventricular mass index in healthy middle-aged individuals

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 396-402

  Hermeling, Evelien ^a   Vermeersch, Sebastian J ^b,c   Rietzschel, Ernst R ^c   De Buyzere, Marc L ^c   Gillebert, Thierry C ^c   Van De Laar, Roel J ^a   Ferreira, Isabel ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P ^a   Van Bortel, Luc M ^b   Reneman, Robert S ^a   Segers, Patrick ^b   Reesink, Koen D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arterial structure and compliance; cardiac hypertrophy remodeling; pulse wave velocity; systolic hypertension; ventricular arterial coupling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 84855839116     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834e4b75     Document Type: Article

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