Oscillometric measurement of brachial artery cross-sectional area and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness in a middle-aged male population

Hypertension Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 910-915

  Otsuka, Toshiaki ^a   Munakata, Ryo ^b   Kato, Katsuhito ^a   Kodani, Eitaro ^c   Ibuki, Chikao ^b   Kusama, Yoshiki ^c   Seino, Yoshihiko ^b   Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Brachial artery; Cardiovascular disease; Enlargement; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PULSE RATE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84885095048     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2013.56     Document Type: Article

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