Progression of central pulse pressure over 1 decade of aging and its reversal by nitroglycerin: A twin study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 475-483

  Cecelja, Marina ^a   Jiang, Benyu ^a   Spector, Tim D ^b   Chowienczyk, Phil ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; arterial aging; augmentation pressure; central pulse pressure; nitroglycerin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CENTRAL ARTERIAL PULSE PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIRST SYSTOLIC SHOULDER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TWINS; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TWINS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84856190066     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.871     Document Type: Article

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