Large artery stiffness and carotid flow pulsatility in stroke survivors

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1097-1103

  Wohlfahrt, Peter ^a,b,c   Krajcoviechova, Alena ^a   Jozifova, Marie ^a   Mayer, Otto ^a   Vanek, Jiri ^a   Filipovsky, Jan ^a   Laurent, Stephane ^d   Cifkova, Renata ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

aortic stiffness; carotid stiffness; flow pulsatility; ischemic stroke; lacunar stroke; pulsatile index; resistive index

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; APPLANATION TONOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RESISTIVE INDEX; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; TONOMETRY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84898462720     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000137     Document Type: Article

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