Arterial stiffness: Insights from Framingham and Iceland

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Mitchell, Gary F ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Characteristic impedance; Pulse pressure; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; ENERGY; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; IMPEDANCE; KIDNEY; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK; STRESS; TARGET ORGAN; ANIMAL; HEART MUSCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOCARDIUM; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84918528472     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000092     Document Type: Review

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