The impact of physical activity on endothelial function in middle-aged and elderly subjects: The Ikaria study

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-101

  Siasos, Gerasimos ^a,b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   Zaromitidou, Marina ^a   Zisimos, Konstantinos ^a   Marinos, Georgios ^a   Mazaris, Savvas ^a   Kampaksis, Manolis ^a   Papavassiliou, Athanasios G ^b   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Habitual exercise; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 84878179093     PISSN: 11099666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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