Low testosterone in men predicts impaired arterial elasticity and microvascular function

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-99

  Corrigan, Frank E ^a   Al Mheid, Ibhar ^a   Eapen, Danny J ^a   Hayek, Salim S ^a   Sher, Salman ^a,b   Martin, Greg S ^a,b   Quyyumi, Arshed A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emory Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Reactive hyperemia index; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; ELASTICITY; ETHNOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELASTICITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84930936979     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.065     Document Type: Article

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