Aortic function: From the research laboratory to the clinic

Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-42

  Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean ^a   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^c   Raman, Subha V ^a   Sparks, Elizabeth A ^b   Triposciadis, Filippos ^e   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b   Boudoulas, Harisios ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic function; Aortic pain; Pulse wave velocity; Reflected waves

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COLLAGEN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ELASTIN; GLIPIZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; NITRATE; TROGLITAZONE;

AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTIC PAIN SYNDROME; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PULSE WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; SHEAR STRESS; THORAX PAIN; TONOMETRY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857497798     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336147     Document Type: Article

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