Relationship between carotid artery mechanics and the spontaneous baroreflex: A noninvasive investigation in normal humans

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1809-1816

  Lucini, Daniela ^a,b   Palombo, Carlo ^c   Malacarne, Mara ^a   Pagani, Massimo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial modeling; autonomic regulation; carotid mechanics; multivariate statistics; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865469832     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283568055     Document Type: Article

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