Aortic stiffness and disease location is key

Circulation

Volumn 131, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1745-1757

  Chowienczyk, Philip J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Editorials; Vascular calcification; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ELASTASE INHIBITOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; ANIMAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; MALE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84935516820     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016377     Document Type: Editorial

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