Aortic artery distensibility shows inverse correlation with heart rate variability in elderly non-hypertensive, cardiovascular disease-free individuals: The Ikaria Study

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-472

  Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Skoumas, John ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Metaxa, Vasiliki ^a   Lagoudakou, Stavroula ^a   Felekos, John ^a   Masoura, Constadina ^a   Athanassopoulou, Stavroula ^a   Kosyfa, Hara ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic artery compliance; Aortic distensibility; Autonomic modulation; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Mechanical vessel wall properties

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AORTA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84880294686     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-012-0267-0     Document Type: Article

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