Artery wall layer dimensions during normal pregnancy: A longitudinal study using noninvasive high-frequency ultrasound

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Akhter, Tansim ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a   Larsson, Marita ^a   Wikström, Anna Karin ^a   Naessen, Tord ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Intima thickness; Intimato media ratio; Media thickness; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84872405849     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00670.2012     Document Type: Article

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