Aortic function quantified: The heart's essential cushion

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1285-1291

  Saouti, Nabil ^a   Marcus, J Tim ^a   Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton ^a   Westerhof, Nico ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiovascular; Compliance; Human; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGING; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLIANCE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867562623     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00432.2012     Document Type: Article

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