Aortic wall stress in hypertension and ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms: Implications for antihypertensive therapy

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-271

  Rabkin, Simon W ^a   Janusz, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic wall stress; Hypertension; Thoracic ascending aortic aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WALL STRESS;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890253890     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-013-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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