Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Carotid Artery and Their Relation with EVA Phenomenon

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-379

  Maloberti, Alessandro ^b   Meani, Paolo ^a,b   Varrenti, Marisa ^a,b   Giupponi, Luca ^a,b   Stucchi, Miriam ^a,b   Vallerio, Paola ^a,b   Giannattasio, Cristina ^a,b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid distensibility; Carotid vessels; Intima media thickness; Local carotid stiffness

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY VASCULAR AGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VASCULAR REMODELING; YOUNG ADULT;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942356294     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-015-0100-9     Document Type: Article

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