Characteristics of pulse wave velocity in elastic and muscular arteries: A mismatch beyond age

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 554-559

  Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Agnoletti, Davide ^b,c   Protogerou, Athanase D ^d   Topouchian, Jirar ^b   Wang, Ji Guang ^e   Xu, Yawei ^a   Blacher, Jacques ^b   Safar, Michel E ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular risk factors; Pulse wave velocity; PulsePen; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; TONOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881398986     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835d4aec     Document Type: Article

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