Differences in arterial stiffness at rest and after acute exercise between young men and women

Hypertension Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-231

  Doonan, Robert J ^a   Mutter, Andrew ^a   Egiziano, Giordano ^a   Gomez, Yessica Haydee ^a   Daskalopoulou, Stella S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

augmentation index; exercise testing; pulse wave velocity; sex differences; subendocardial viability ratio

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REST; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84874590694     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.158     Document Type: Article

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