Peripheral vascular function, oxygen delivery and utilization: the impact of oxidative stress in aging and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 149-166

  Wray, D Walter ^a,b,c   Amann, Markus ^a,b,c   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cardiovascular disease; Endothelial function; Free radicals; O2; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGING; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84978141604     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-016-9573-4     Document Type: Review

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