Early vascular aging and the role of central blood pressure

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1847-1853

  Kotsis, Vasilios ^a,d   Stabouli, Stella ^a,b   Karafillis, Ioannis ^a   Nilsson, Peter ^c,d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Diabetes and Hypertension Working Group of the European Society of Hypertension   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Central blood pressure; Early vascular aging

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CELIPROLOL; COLLAGEN FIBER; ENALAPRIL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERINDOPRIL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGING; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; VASCULAR AGING; AORTA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84856015069     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834a4d9f     Document Type: Review

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