Blood flow pattern in the middle cerebral artery in relation to indices of arterial stiffness in the systemic circulation

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-324

  Xu, Ting Yan ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^b,c   Wei, Fang Fei ^a   Xu, Jie ^a   Li, Fa Hong ^a   Fan, Wang Xiang ^a   Gao, Ping Jin ^a   Wang, Ji Guang ^a   Li, Yan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; cerebral blood flow; hypertension; middle cerebral artery; transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84857054461     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.223     Document Type: Article

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