Baroreceptor reflex sensitivity is associated with arterial stiffness in a population of normotensive and hypertensive patients

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 155-159

  Michas, Fotios ^a   Manios, Efstathios ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Kimon ^a   Koroboki, Eleni ^a   Toumanidis, Savvas ^a   Panerai, Ronney B ^b   Zakopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; baroreceptor reflex sensitivity; blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BARORECEPTOR REFLEX SENSTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84863848867     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32835681fb     Document Type: Article

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