Assessment of maternal vascular stiffness indices in three trimesters of normal pregnancy

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-204

  Pandey, Anil Kumar ^a   Siwach, Sunita ^a   Sangwan, Vijayata ^a   Sharma, Salini ^a   Das, Asim ^b  

^a BPS Government Medical College   (India)

^b ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CENTRAL AORTIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 84904023270     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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