Ventricular and vascular stiffening in aging and hypertension

Current Hypertension Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-109

  Faconti, L ^a   Bruno, R M ^b   Ghiadoni, L ^a   Taddei, S ^a   Virdis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Hypertension; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HYPERTENSION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; VASCULAR STIFFENING; AGE; ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84939801190     PISSN: 15734021     EISSN: 18756506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573402111666150529131208     Document Type: Article

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