Increased Cardiovascular Stiffness and Impaired Age-related Functional Status

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 545-553

  Andersen, Mousumi M ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^a   Morgan, Timothy M ^a   Hire, Don G ^a   Vasu, Sujethra ^a   Brinkley, Tina E ^a   Kitzman, Dalane W ^a   Hamilton, Craig A ^a   Soots, Sandra ^a   Hundley, William G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular stiffness; Congestive heart failure; Disability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84939258489     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu085     Document Type: Article

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