Longitudinal effects of a decade of aging on carotid artery stiffness : The multiethnic study of atherosclerosis

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-53

  Gepner, Adam D ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Colangelo, Laura A ^b   Hom, Elizabeth K ^c   Tattersall, Matthew C ^a   Astor, Brad C ^a   Kaufman, Joel D ^c   Liu, Kiang ^b   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Carotid arteries; Elasticity; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893687783     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002649     Document Type: Article

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