Vascular health in the ageing athlete

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Devan, Allison E ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM MEDIATED DILATATION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MECHANICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEER GROUP; PULSE WAVE; REPERFUSION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84857650311     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.058792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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