Leg arterial stiffness after weight loss in severely obese adolescents

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1676-1677

  Montero, David ^a,c   Walther, Guillaume ^a   Perez Martin, Antonia ^b   Mercier, Charles S ^d   Roche, Enrique ^c   Vinet, Agnès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d Le Noble Age Group   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arterial stiffness; Severe obesity; Weight bearing physical activity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEPTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; RESISTIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEG ARTERY; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENTS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; SEVERE OBESITY; WEIGHT-BEARING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OBESITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84885317874     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.081     Document Type: Article

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