The menopausal transition does not appear to accelerate age-related increases in arterial stiffness

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-69

  O'Neill, S M ^a,b   Liu, J ^c   O'Rourke, M F ^c   Khoo, S K ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial Stiffness; Arteriosclerosis; Menopause; Pulse Wave Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 84872462134     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.739220     Document Type: Article

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