Site-specific coupling between vascular wall thickness and function: An observational MRI study of vessel wall thickening and stiffening in hypertension

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-91

  Brandts, Anne ^a   Westenberg, Jos J M ^a   Van Elderen, Saskia G C ^a   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a   Roes, Stijntje D ^a   Tamsma, Jouke T ^b   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^a   Lamb, Hildo J ^a   Doornbos, Joost ^a   Putter, Hein ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^c   De Roos, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Section of Vascular Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aorta; carotid artery; hypertension; MRI; vessel wall thickness and stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 84872297890     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31827f6410     Document Type: Article

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