Determinants of aortic stiffening in elderly subjects: Results of a nine-year follow-up

Blood Pressure

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-178

  Seidlerová, Jitka ^a   Filipovský, Jan ^a   Dolejšová, Milena ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive treatment; Arterial stiffness; Elderly; Glucose; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84877733447     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2012.749578     Document Type: Article

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