Arterial stiffness and left ventricular diastolic function: Does sex matter?

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 283-284

  Duprez, Daniel ^a   Jacobs, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTICITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84864207415     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.197616     Document Type: Note

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