Maternal carotid remodeling and increased carotid arterial stiffness in normal late-gestational pregnancy as assessed by radio-frequency ultrasound technique

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yuan, Li Jun ^a   Xue, Dan ^a   Duan, Yun You ^a   Cao, Tie Sheng ^a   Zhou, Ning ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Arterial stiffness; Carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Normal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BIRTH; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID REMODELING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878049586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-122     Document Type: Article

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