Aortic wave velocity: A noninvasive method to measure the stiffness of arteries and the clinical results of supplements that appear to improve arterial stiffness

Current Aging Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-85

  Micans, Philip ^a  

^a IAS Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced glycated end products; AGE; Aging; Aminoguanidine; Aortic arterial velocity; Arginine; Arterial stiffness; Bioclip; Carnosine; Nitric oxide; Noninvasive; Photopletysmography; Pulse pressure wave; Pyridoxamine; Resveratrol; Stiffness index

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARNOSINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PYRIDOXAMINE; PYRIDOXINE; RESVERATROL;

AORTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATCOR SPHYGMOCOR TEST; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARGININE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARNOSINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; GUANIDINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STILBENES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84882757349     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811306010010     Document Type: Article

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