The Conundrum of Arterial Stiffness, Elevated Blood Pressure, and Aging

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  AlGhatrif, Majd ^a,b   Lakatta, Edward G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aortic diameter; Aortic remodeling; Hypertension; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANIMAL; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84923065032     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-014-0523-z     Document Type: Review

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